…international law. Federal law incorporates the international laws of piracy and has provisions for U.S. citizens who engage, or assist, in piracy on the “high seas.” The blog post “Modern…
…can find the official text of the session law in Chapter 515 of the 2013 Oregon Laws. Regulations will be published later this year in the Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR),…
…older laws, but it will sure make compiling legislative histories for current laws a virtual snap, so to speak. Thank you to Jerry Curry (Information Specialist at the Oregon State…
…thank them for this effort. In time, pre-1953 Oregon laws, codes, and statutes and 1953 to the present ORS will appear online. (Although not yet UELMA-compliant. Only a few states are…
…creating official, publicly accessible databases of the laws of the land, our land, the “land” that makes laws we have to follow. (Yes, I know … babies and bathwater 🙂…
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission has posted information on legislative changes to state ethics laws and regulations: Things Public Officials Should Know About Oregon’s New Government Ethics Laws ,…
…a fair idea why zoning laws, neighborhood associations, neighbor-law books, and perhaps even dogs, not to mention doggy-day care businesses, exist. So when you hear anyone say, “it’s not rocket…
…change: Run for office under existing state laws and political party rules, which you’ll find at their respective political party websites. So, How DO You Create a Political Party? (And if you listen…
…behalf, not representing a state or local government agency, you must look at the laws on wage garnishment in the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) and the Oregon…
…official government documents such as laws and court decisions. You don’t throw out your phone books until you have internet access, do you? You don’t cancel your landline service until…
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