Bill Text: OR HB2578 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to courts.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2578 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2578-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 739

                         House Bill 2578

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Judiciary)

                             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.

  Requires that two Multnomah County judges hold court in City of
Gresham.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to courts; amending ORS 3.014.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 3.014 is amended to read:
  3.014. (1)   { - One - }   { + Two + } of the judges of the
fourth judicial district shall hold court in the City of Gresham,
Multnomah County, as directed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court but in no event less than one day a week. All proceedings
resulting from alleged state traffic offenses or misdemeanors
occurring east of 122nd Avenue extended to the north and south
boundaries of Multnomah County shall be conducted in the court in
Gresham unless the accused at first appearance in each action
requests trial in Portland.
  (2) A proceeding to be conducted in Gresham as provided in
subsection (1) of this section shall be transferred without
further order of the court to a court facility in Portland for
all purposes if:
  (a) The accused person is in the custody of a county sheriff or
the Department of Corrections at the time set for any scheduled
proceeding; or
  (b) A circuit court in the fourth judicial district issues a
bench warrant or a warrant of arrest against the accused for any
criminal action pending before the court.
  (3) Multnomah County shall provide facilities in the City of
Gresham for   { - a court judge - }   { + the judges + } to hold
court as described
  { - under - }   { + in + } subsection (1) of this section.
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