Bill Text: OR HB2662 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to crime; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-21 - Chapter 448, (2011 Laws): Effective date June 21, 2011. [HB2662 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2662-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 163

                         House Bill 2662

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.

  Increases penalty for crime of riot to maximum of 10 years'
imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to crime; amending ORS 166.015.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 166.015 is amended to read:
  166.015. (1) A person commits the crime of riot if { + , + }
while participating with five or more other persons { + , + } the
person engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby
intentionally or recklessly creates a grave risk of causing
public alarm.
  (2) Riot is a Class   { - C - }   { + B + } felony.
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