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Section 180.805 - Prohibited involvement of public bodies in federal immigration law enforcement.

OR Rev Stat § 180.805 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The person’s address;

(b) The person’s workplace or hours of work;

(c) The person’s school or school hours;

(d) The person’s contact information, including telephone number, electronic mail address or social media account information;

(e) The identity of known associates or relatives of the person;

(f) The date, time or location of the person’s hearings, proceedings or appointments with the public body that are not matters of public record; or

(g) Information described in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this subsection with respect to known relatives or associates of the person.

(2) Except as required by state or federal law, or as necessary to determine eligibility for a benefit a person is seeking, a public body may not inquire about or request information concerning a person’s citizenship or immigration status.

(3)(a) If a public body collects information concerning a person’s citizenship or immigration status, the public body may decline to disclose the information unless disclosure is required by:

(A) State or federal law;

(B) A court order; or

(C) A warrant authorized by a court.

(b) Nothing in this subsection:

(A) Prevents a person from obtaining records about the person or the person’s dependents from a public body; or

(B) Authorizes a public body to withhold aggregated information that is not personally identifiable.

(4) A public body shall, within six months of August 15, 2017, and every year thereafter, review the public body’s confidentiality policies to ensure that the public body treats information concerning a person’s citizenship or immigration status, and information described in subsection (1) of this section, in a manner consistent with this section and ORS 180.810.

(5) Nothing in this section prohibits any public body from complying with a federal immigration authority as required by federal law.

(6) As used in this section:

(a) "Federal immigration authority" means the United States Department of Homeland Security, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services or a successor agency, any other federal immigration agency or official, or any other entity to which a federal immigration agency delegates or assigns the authority to detect, investigate or enforce violations of immigration law.

(b) "Information concerning a person’s citizenship or immigration status" means information about whether a person is a citizen of the United States or has lawful authority to be present in the United States, either through a visa, a green card or another official documentation. The term does not include information consisting of a person’s address, location, contact information, relatives, associates or other information that could lead to the detection or apprehension of the person.

(c) "Public body" has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.109.

(d) "Social media" has the meaning given that term in ORS 659A.330. [2017 c.724 §1]

Note: 180.805 and 180.810 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 180 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

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Section 180.805 - Prohibited involvement of public bodies in federal immigration law enforcement.