165.114 Sale of educational assignments. (1) No person shall sell or offer to sell an assignment to another person knowing, or under the circumstances having reason to know, that the whole or a substantial part of the assignment is intended to be submitted under a student’s name in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study at any post-secondary institution.
(2) No person shall sell or offer to sell to another person any assistance in the preparation of an assignment knowing, or under the circumstances having reason to know, that the whole or a substantial part of the assignment is intended to be submitted under a student’s name in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study at any post-secondary institution.
(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from rendering for a monetary fee:
(a) Tutorial assistance if the assistance is not intended to be submitted in whole or in substantial part as an assignment; or
(b) Service in the form of typing, transcribing, assembling, reproducing or editing an assignment if this service is not intended to make substantive changes in the assignment.
(4) A person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class A violation.
(5) A person against whom a judgment has been entered under subsection (4) of this section shall, upon conviction for any subsequent violation of this section, be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000.
(6) In addition to any fine imposed under subsections (4) and (5) of this section, a court of competent jurisdiction may grant such further relief as is necessary to enforce the provisions of this section, including the issuance of an injunction. A suit for injunction under subsections (1) to (6) of this secti
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Chapter 165 — Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception
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OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD OR DECEPTION
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
FORGERY AND RELATED OFFENSES
BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL OFFENSES
CRIMES INVOLVING COMMUNICATIONS
CELLULAR TELEPHONES
USE OF PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES
FALSE CLAIMS FOR HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS
IDENTITY THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES
MISCELLANEOUS
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165.114 Sale of educational assignments. (1) No person shall sell or offer to sell an assignment to another person knowing, or under the circumstances having reason to know, that the whole or a substantial part of the assignment is intended to be submitted under a student’s name in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study at any post-secondary institution.
(2) No person shall sell or offer to sell to another person any assistance in the preparation of an assignment knowing, or under the circumstances having reason to know, that the whole or a substantial part of the assignment is intended to be submitted under a student’s name in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study at any post-secondary institution.
(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from rendering for a monetary fee:
(a) Tutorial assistance if the assistance is not intended to be submitted in whole or in substantial part as an assignment; or
(b) Service in the form of typing, transcribing, assembling, reproducing or editing an assignment if this service is not intended to make substantive changes in the assignment.
(4) A person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class A violation.
(5) A person against whom a judgment has been entered under subsection (4) of this section shall, upon conviction for any subsequent violation of this section, be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000.
(6) In addition to any fine imposed under subsections (4) and (5) of this section, a court of competent jurisdiction may grant such further relief as is necessary to enforce the provisions of this section, including the issuance of an injunction. A suit for injunction under subsections (1) to (6) of this section may be brought in the name of the State of Oregon upon the complaint of the Attorney General or any district attorney.
(7) As used in subsections (1) to (6) of this section unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) “Assignment” means any specific written, recorded, pictorial, artistic or other academic task, including but not limited to a term paper, thesis, dissertation, essay or report, intended for submission to any post-secondary institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study at any such institution.
(b) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation or association.
(c) “Post-secondary institution” means any public or private post-secondary educational institution. [1981 c.673 §§1,2; 1999 c.1051 §158]
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