Campaign Finance Regulation
Solicitation of public employees
- activities of public employees during working hours
- recognized student government exception
Notes of Decisions
City charter and ordinance provisions which subjected municipal political activities of city employes during nonworking hours to virtually complete restrictions were preempted by this section, which is general law establishing permissible degree of regulation of public employe's political freedom. Williams v. City of Astoria, 43 Or App 745, 604 P2d 411 (1979), Sup Ct review denied
Prohibition against requiring public employee to support political cause does not supersede right of exclusive representative of employees to collect payment-in-lieu-of-dues to support political position affecting rights of represented employees. Carlson v. AFSCME, 73 Or App 755, 700 P2d 260 (1985), Sup Ct review denied
Atty. Gen. Opinions
Application of federal Hatch Political Activities Act to employes who run for partisan elective office, (1978) Vol 38, p 1826; because ORS 352.105 does not require that programs funded with mandatory incidental fees be under supervision or control of boards that collect them, this section does not prohibit State Board of Higher Education from providing mandatory incidental fees to student organization that would use incidental fees to advocate for or against ballot measure, (2015) No. 8289
Atty. Gen. Opinions
Application to committee collecting contributions to establish fund to defray elected official's expenses incurred in performing political functions of office, (1980) Vol 40, p 11; preemption by federal law of campaign financing with respect to federal candidates, (1981) Vol 41, p 420
Law Review Citations
50 OLR 299-321 (1971); 55 OLR 253-266 (1976)