Oregon § 293.790 Holding, investing and disposing of corporate stock

Oregon Statutes

§ 293.790 — Holding, investing and disposing of corporate stock

Oregon § 293.790

Vol.7

Title 28Public Financial Administration

Ch. 293Administration of Public Funds

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 293.790 (2026).

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(1)Under authority of Article XI, section 6, of the Oregon Constitution, the state, subject to subsection (2) of this section, may hold and dispose of the stock of any company, association or corporation, including stock already received, that is donated or bequeathed, and the state, acting on behalf of the governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002, subject to subsection (2) of this section, may invest and reinvest in the stock of any company, association or corporation, any funds or moneys of the public university held in the Public University Fund established under ORS 352.450 that is permitted to be held, disposed or invested under Article XI, section 6, of the Oregon Constitution.

(2)The state, including any of its agencies having control of, or authority to invest

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(1) Under authority of Article XI, section 6, of the Oregon Constitution, the state, subject to subsection (2) of this section, may hold and dispose of the stock of any company, association or corporation, including stock already received, that is donated or bequeathed, and the state, acting on behalf of the governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002, subject to subsection (2) of this section, may invest and reinvest in the stock of any company, association or corporation, any funds or moneys of the public university held in the Public University Fund established under ORS 352.450 that is permitted to be held, disposed or invested under Article XI, section 6, of the Oregon Constitution.
(2) The state, including any of its agencies having control of, or authority to invest and reinvest in, any stock described in subsection (1) of this section, in holding, disposing of or investing and reinvesting in such stock, shall be governed by ORS 130.750 to 130.775, notwithstanding the date of acquisition of such stock. Moneys received from the disposition of such stock, including dividends, shall be maintained separate and distinct from the General Fund, and those moneys, including interest earned thereon, are appropriated continuously for the purposes of the donation or bequest and of the investments and reinvestments. Except as specifically authorized by law, the state or any of its agencies may not purchase stock.
(3) This section does not apply to investment and reinvestment of moneys in the Public Employees Retirement Fund, the Industrial Accident Fund, the Deferred Compensation Fund and the Education Stability Fund or to acquisition, retention, management and disposition of investments of those funds as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.857.

Legislative History

Formerly 291.630; 1967 c.335 §32; 1971 c.339 §1; 1989 c.966 §21; 1995 c.12 §4; 1995 c.157 §25; 1997 c.179 §24; 2001 c.835 §13; 2002 s.s.3 c.6 §12; 2005 c.348 §122; 2015 c.767 §12