Bill Text: OR HB2011 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to public employees; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-08 - At Speaker's Desk upon adjournment. [HB2011 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2011-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 4059

                         House Bill 2011

Sponsored by Representatives PARRISH, RICHARDSON; Representatives
  BERGER, CONGER, HANNA, KENNEMER, MCLANE, THATCHER, THOMPSON,
  WHISNANT

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Provides that employee of public employer is liable to employer
for wages paid to employee during period of administrative leave
if employee was placed on leave as result of allegation that
employee engaged in criminal conduct and if employee is
thereafter convicted of crime by reason of conduct.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public employees; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + As used in sections 2 and 3 of this 2013 Act, '
creditable service,' 'employee' and 'public employer' have the
meanings given those terms in ORS 238.005. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) An employee of a public employer is liable
to the employer for wages paid to the employee during a period of
administrative leave if:
  (a) The employee was placed on administrative leave as a result
of an allegation that the employee engaged in criminal conduct;
and
  (b) The employee is convicted of a crime by reason of the
conduct.
  (2) A public employer may recover wages that were paid to the
employee after the date the employee was placed on administrative
leave and before the date of the conviction, or before the date
on which the employee is terminated, whichever is later.
  (3) If an employee is liable to a public employer for wages
under this section, the Public Employees Retirement Board shall
credit all employer and employee contributions that are
attributable to the wages, and that were made by the employer for
or on behalf of the employee, to other liabilities of the
employer, and shall not treat the period for which the
contributions were made as creditable service under ORS chapter
238 or 238A. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of
this section, section 2 of this 2013 Act applies to all employees
placed on administrative leave on or after the effective date of
this 2013 Act.

  (2) Section 2 of this 2013 Act does not apply to an employee
who is subject to a collective bargaining agreement entered into
before the effective date of this 2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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