Bill Text: OR HB2891 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to light rail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2891 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-HB2891-Introduced.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
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LC 2539
House Bill 2891
Sponsored by Representative J SMITH (Presession filed.)
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 Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of
Oregon to sponsor and support establishment of community-based
initiative to provide volunteer transit foot patrols.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to light rail.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation
District of Oregon shall sponsor and support the establishment of
a community-based initiative to provide volunteer transit foot
patrols to monitor areas of the light rail system that are
accessible by members of the public.
(2) In establishing transit foot patrols, the district may
cooperate with existing community-based organizations including,
but not limited to, neighborhood associations.
(3) Transit foot patrol volunteers do not have authority to
participate actively in law enforcement or in measures taken by
district personnel to enforce district security policy. A transit
foot patrol volunteer who observes a violation of law or district
security policy shall report the observations to the appropriate
law enforcement official or district personnel. + }
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