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If you operate City vehicles and have a change in your operator's license status, you must report <br />that change to your supervisor immediately. If you lose your license or have the incorrect <br />classification of license, your supervisor will not allow you to operate City vehicles. In the event this <br />is a brief, temporary situation, you maybe accommodated within your presentjob or be temporarily <br />reassigned. If the situation is long-term or repeated, and you are required to drive the City vehicle <br />as a part of your required duties, you will be removed from the position. This could result in a <br />transfer, demotion, or termination. <br />Software.Piracy-(APPM Section 3-220) <br />It is illegal to use a copy of software outside of the conditions specified in the license. Most <br />purchased PC software is licensed to one person and one PC only. Some software is installed on a <br />Local Area Network (LAN), in which case the license specifies the number of concurrent users. <br />Check the software license to be sure. For further information, refer to the General Policies and <br />Procedures Manual (Section 5C-4). <br />Information Produced or Received in the Course of Work- <br />All information produced or received in the course of work is subject to Oregon's Public Records <br />Law (ORS 192.410 to 192.505). E-mail messages, information printed from City computers, <br />computer files, and voice mail messages are all considered property of the City and are subject to <br />search at any time, with or without notice. Inappropriate or offensive messages such as those <br />including racial or sexual slurs, are prohibited. For further information on E-Mail and Voice Mail <br />policies, refer to the APPM. <br />Patents/Copyrights-(APPM Section 3-211) <br />The City encourages you to develop new ideas and to patent such ideas. You have a right to <br />individually apply for patents and copyrights and to market products for which you have individual <br />responsibility and ownership. <br />However, if you use City resources, on- or off-duty, to develop any idea, product or application, the <br />City reserves the right to patent or copyright, without charge or penalty, those ideas, products or <br />applications. New employees are asked to sign an Agreement which further defines the City's <br />rights. You may be asked to sign this Agreement at any time during your employment. <br />You must disclose any work, design, or invention developed by using City resources to the City. <br />You must cooperate with the City in the obtaining of any patent or copyright. You must assign to <br />the City all ownership rights in any invention, design, or work you develop on- or off-duty using City <br />resources. <br />If the City does not pursue a patent or copyright, you will be notified and will have all rights returned <br />to you. The City will retain all licenses to an invention or publication even if it assigns its rights to <br />the patent or copyright to you. If you decide to apply for a patent on this basis, you must inform <br />your Executive Manager in writing before applying for the patent and then notify your Executive <br />Manager of the final disposition of the application. <br />Page 7-February 2004 <br />