{"id":"OR-012","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oregon","state":"OR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Kate Brown","authority":"ORS 433.441; ORS 401.168; ORS 401.175; ORS 401.188; ORS 401.192","instrument":"Executive Order 20-16","title":"Keep Government Working: Ordering Necessary Measures to Ensure Safe Public Meetings and Continued Operations by Local Government","dateIssued":"2020-04-15","effective":"2020-04-15","end":"Rescinded by EO 20-38 (Sept. 1, 2020) after HB 4212 codified its provisions","startDate":"2020-04-15","endDate":"2020-09-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["governing bodies of public bodies (ORS 192.610)","local budget committees","local governments"],"clause":"The governing body of a public body (as defined by ORS 192.610(3) and (4)) shall hold public meetings and hearings by telephone, video, or through some other electronic or virtual means, whenever possible.... the public body does not have to provide a physical space for the public to attend the meeting or hearing.","enforcement":"ORS 401.192(1) full force and effect of law","functions":["CT public hearings (land use, permits, budgets) moved online","PM permits and plan review","BD bidding and public meetings"],"notes":"Reached every construction, real-estate and professional-services function that depended on in-person hearings before councils, planning commissions and boards.","sourceUrl":"https://www.oregon.gov/gov/eo/eo_20-16.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":7395353,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"OR","url":"/library/OR-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/OR-012","citation":"Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-16 (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. OR-012)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["OR-060","OR-061","OR-011","OR-013","OR-010","OR-015","OR-016","OR-005","OR-007","OR-006","OR-059","OR-003"]}