Bill Text: OR HB2593 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to electronic monitoring; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2593 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2593-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 929

                         House Bill 2593

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.

  Allows court to authorize correctional authority having
physical custody of person sentenced to carry out sentence by
electronic monitoring for up to six months. With respect to
person already sentenced, allows correctional authority to which
person is committed to request court to resentence person solely
for purpose of authorizing electronic monitoring for up to six
months of final period of person's sentence.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to electronic monitoring; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 137. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) At the time of sentencing under ORS
137.124, the court may authorize the correctional authority that
does or will have physical custody of a person sentenced to carry
out all or a portion of the sentence by the use of electronic
monitoring equipment, within the limits described in subsection
(3) of this section.
  (2) With respect to a person sentenced before the effective
date of this 2013 Act, the correctional authority having physical
custody of the person may request the sentencing court to
resentence the person solely for the purpose of authorizing the
correctional authority to carry out the final period of the
person's sentence by the use of electronic monitoring equipment,
within the limits described in subsection (3) of this section.
  (3) The use of electronic monitoring equipment authorized under
this section may not exceed a period of six months.
  (4) The correctional authority having physical custody of a
person sentenced under ORS 137.124 must consult with any other
correctional authority having legal custody of the person before:
  (a) Beginning the use of electronic monitoring equipment to
carry out a sentence under subsection (1) of this section.
  (b) Making a request for resentencing under subsection (2) of
this section.
  (5) Authorization by a court under this section does not create
a right to have a person's sentence carried out by the use of
electronic monitoring equipment. + }

  SECTION 3.  { + 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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