Oregon § 240.185 Maximum number of state employees; applicability; exceptions

Oregon Statutes

§ 240.185 — Maximum number of state employees; applicability; exceptions

Oregon § 240.185

Vol.6

Title 22Public Officers and Employees

Ch. 240State Personnel Relations

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 240.185 (2026).

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(1)On and after January 1, 2018, the number of persons employed by the state may not exceed 1.5 percent of the state’s population of the prior year.

(2)The population figure shall be that required by ORS 190.510 to 190.610.

(3)This section applies to all full-time equivalent budgeted positions.

(4)This section does not apply to the Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the Supreme Court or the Legislative Assembly in the conduct of duties vested in any of them by the Oregon Constitution. However, this exception applies only to the office of the Governor and not to the executive branch of government.

(5)This section does not apply to personnel who administer unemployment insurance benefits programs of the Employment Department, to personnel who administer programs requ

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(1) On and after January 1, 2018, the number of persons employed by the state may not exceed 1.5 percent of the state’s population of the prior year.
(2) The population figure shall be that required by ORS 190.510 to 190.610.
(3) This section applies to all full-time equivalent budgeted positions.
(4) This section does not apply to the Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the Supreme Court or the Legislative Assembly in the conduct of duties vested in any of them by the Oregon Constitution. However, this exception applies only to the office of the Governor and not to the executive branch of government.
(5) This section does not apply to personnel who administer unemployment insurance benefits programs of the Employment Department, to personnel who administer programs required to be implemented as a condition for the continued certification of the Employment Division Law by the United States Secretary of Labor or to personnel who administer programs implemented by the United States Department of Labor under federal law if the state is required to enter into contracts to provide such programs.
(6) In order to assess the effect of subsection (1) of this section, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services by December 31 of each even-numbered year shall conduct a workload analysis of each state agency, regardless of whether the agency is exempt from the application of subsection (1) of this section. The workload analysis of each agency shall be submitted to the Legislative Assembly prior to its convening in the subsequent odd-numbered year regular session and shall accompany the agency’s budget request before the Joint Ways and Means Committee.