Oregon § 455.097 Electronic access system development and implementation; uniform form and format for electronic exchange of building program and construction-related service information; waiver of contrary form and format requirements; rules

Oregon Statutes

§ 455.097 — Electronic access system development and implementation; uniform form and format for electronic exchange of building program and construction-related service information; waiver of contrary form and format requirements; rules

Oregon § 455.097

Vol.13

Title 36AHousing; Lottery and Games; Environment

Ch.455

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 455.097 (2026).

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(1)As used in this section, “form and format”:

(a)Means the arrangement, organization, configuration, structure or style of, or method of delivery for, providing required information or providing the substantive equivalent of required information.

(b)Does not include altering the substance of information or the addition or omission of information.

(2)The department shall adopt rules to govern the form and format of building permit applications, building plans, specifications, other building program information and any other information exchanged through the electronic building codes information system described in ORS 455.095.

(3)The department may waive a contrary form and format requirement imposed by statute or ordinance or by the rules of another agency for the submission of infor

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(1) As used in this section, “form and format”:
(a) Means the arrangement, organization, configuration, structure or style of, or method of delivery for, providing required information or providing the substantive equivalent of required information.
(b) Does not include altering the substance of information or the addition or omission of information.
(2) The department shall adopt rules to govern the form and format of building permit applications, building plans, specifications, other building program information and any other information exchanged through the electronic building codes information system described in ORS 455.095.
(3) The department may waive a contrary form and format requirement imposed by statute or ordinance or by the rules of another agency for the submission of information in physical form to the extent the waiver is necessary to facilitate the submission of the information electronically. The department may accept an electronic reproduction of a signature, stamp, seal, certification or notarization as the equivalent of the original or may accept the substitution of identifying information for the signature, stamp, seal, certification or notarization. The department may not waive a requirement imposed by statute or ordinance or by the rules of another agency, other than a form and format requirement.
(4) A person exchanging information through the electronic building codes information system in a form and format acceptable to the department is not subject to any licensing sanction, civil penalty, fine, permit disapproval or revocation or other sanction for failure to comply with a form or format requirement imposed by statute, ordinance or rule for submission of the information in physical form, including but not limited to any requirement that the information be in a particular form or of a particular size, be submitted with multiple copies, be physically attached to another document, be an original document or be signed, stamped, sealed, certified or notarized.