Bill Text: OR HB2501 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to scheduling public employee court appearances; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2501 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2501-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 3125

                         House Bill 2501

Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Consumer Protection and Government Accountability for
  Government Efficiency Task Force)

                             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.

  Establishes task force to determine best practices for
coordinating testimony of law enforcement and correctional
officers and feasibility of providing Internet access to law
enforcement and correctional officers who are waiting to testify.
  Sunsets task force on February 4, 2013.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to scheduling public employee court appearances; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Task Force on Law Enforcement and
Correctional Testimony is established, consisting of the
following members appointed by the Governor:
  (a) The Director of the Department of Corrections or a designee
of the director.
  (b) One member who is a representative of the Oregon Youth
Authority.
  (c) One member who is a representative of the Judicial
Department.
  (d) Two members who are district attorneys.
  (e) Two members who are representatives of the Oregon State
Police.
  (f) Two members who are sheriffs.
  (g) Two members who are chiefs of police.
  (h) Any other members the task force considers necessary.
  (2) The task force shall develop a pilot project in one or more
counties to determine:
  (a) Best practices for coordinating court schedules and the
schedules of public safety officers, corrections officers and
youth correction officers subpoenaed to appear in court; and
  (b) The feasibility of providing Internet access to public
safety officers, corrections officers and youth correction
officers who are waiting to appear in court.
  (3) A majority of the voting members of the task force
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
  (4) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the voting members of the task force.
  (5) The Director of the Department of Corrections or the
designee of the director shall serve as chairperson of the task
force.
  (6) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall
make an appointment to become immediately effective.
  (7) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the voting
members of the task force.
  (8) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
  (9) The task force shall submit a report, and may include
recommendations for legislation, to the interim committee of the
Legislative Assembly related to judicial procedure as appropriate
no later than July 1, 2012.
  (10) The Department of Corrections shall provide staff support
to the task force.
  (11) Members of the task force are not entitled to
compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary
travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of
their official duties in the manner and amounts provided for in
ORS 292.495. Claims for expenses shall be paid out of funds
appropriated to the Department of Corrections for purposes of the
task force.
  (12) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, and all local governments, as defined in ORS 174.116,
are directed to assist the task force in the performance of its
duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to
confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act is repealed on
February 4, 2013. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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