Oregon Revised Statutes Education and Culture § 352.129

(a) The following employee benefits:

(b) Collective bargaining with any statewide bargaining unit that includes employees of two or more public universities listed in ORS 352.002.

(4)(a) Two or more public universities listed in ORS 352.002 may participate in shared services not described in subsection (1) of this section, including but not limited to shared services involving legal services and information technology.

(b) If a public university listed in ORS 352.002, or a community college, negotiates a contract with one or more third party financial firms, as defined in ORS 348.015, to provide disbursement and management services of financial aid funds, or management of financial accounts, to enrolled students, the public university or community college shall undertake reasonable efforts to establish collaboration agreements with other public universities or community colleges to negotiate the services.

(5)(a) A university with a governing board shall participate in shared services providing for maintenance of federal tax benefits relating to state bonds issued for the benefit of the university prior to April 30, 2015, unless the university opts out of shared services as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(b) A university with a governing board may opt out of the shared services described in paragraph (a) of this subsection only if the Oregon Department of Administrative Services has adopted rules under ORS 286A.863 relating to standards, terms and conditions for maintaining federal tax benefits that apply to universities with governing boards that opt out of shared services described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(c) As used in this subsection, “federal tax benefits” has the meaning given that term in ORS 286A.830.