ORS 242.320

Known as the Custodians’ Civil Service Law

The act spans §§ 242–242 (73 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Walter v. Scherzinger (2005)

Most recently applied in Scherzinger v. Portland Custodians Civil Service Board (December 2006)

Amended by 1969 c.262 §1

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

As used in ORS 242.310 to 242.640, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Assistant custodian” means any employee who works under the supervision of a custodian except those who:

(a) Work less than eight hours per day; or

(b) Work less than 12 months per year; or

(2) “Board” means a civil service board created pursuant to ORS 242.330.

(3) “Custodian” means an employee of the school district who has supervision of property, keeping it in sanitary condition and tending to the cleaning and operation of heating plants and other necessary work by way of care and labor to keep the physical plants of the school board in maintenance and operation.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.