{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-337.500","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 337.500","heading":"Definitions for ORS 337.500 to 337.506.","body":"As used in ORS 337.500 to 337.506:\n      (1) “Adopter” means any faculty member or academic department or other adopting entity at a higher education institution responsible for considering and choosing course materials to be utilized in connection with accredited courses taught at the institution.\n      (2) “Higher education institution” means:\n      (a) A community college, as defined in ORS 341.005;\n      (b) A public university listed in ORS 352.002;\n      (c) The Oregon Health and Science University;\n      (d) A private institution of higher education located in Oregon; and\n      (e) A bookstore that serves as the primary bookstore for an entity listed in paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection.\n      (3) “Special edition” means a bound book that does not constitute a traditional textbook and that may or may not be used for instructional purposes.\n      (4)(a) “Textbook bundle” means a textbook packaged together with other supplemental course materials, including but not limited to workbooks, study guides, online technologies, online course resources, CD-ROMs or other books, to be sold as course material for one price.\n      (b) “Textbook bundle” does not include a textbook that is unusable without the supplemental course materials, materials that cannot be sold separately due to third-party contractual agreements, custom editions or special editions.","path":["09 - Education and Culture","30. Education and Culture","Chapter 337 — Books and Instructional Materials"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors337.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:13Z","sha256":"ac58e8c77d5c9aad83a2d1b36194306c29b49131431530278a56e742cca6cae9","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-337.300","next":"us-or/ors-337.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}