Bill Text: OR HB3102 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to court appointed special advocates; and declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-05 - Chapter 725, (2011 Laws): Effective date August 5, 2011. [HB3102 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3102-Engrossed.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 3007

                           B-Engrossed

                         House Bill 3102
                  Ordered by the House June 24
      Including House Amendments dated April 25 and June 24

Sponsored by Representatives THOMPSON, HUNT; Representatives
  GILLIAM, KOTEK, KRIEGER

                             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.

    { - Transfers authority over court appointed special
advocates and CASA Volunteer Programs from State Commission on
Children and Families to judicial branch of state government. - }

    { - Continuously appropriates moneys in Court Appointed
Special Advocate Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative
Services for making distributions to CASA Volunteer Programs or
to counties for making such distributions. - }
    { - Creates - }   { + Establishes + } Court Appointed Special
Advocate Task Force to make recommendations on appropriate
 { - entity to administer and supervise - }   { + structure and
operation of + } CASA Volunteer Programs
  { - and certain other matters related to programs - } .
Requires submission of report to appropriate interim committees
 { + of Legislative Assembly + } no later than January 15, 2012.
Sunsets task force on June 30, 2012.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to court appointed special advocates; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) There is established the Court Appointed
Special Advocate Task Force consisting of nine members appointed
as follows:
  (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint one member from
among members of the Senate.
  (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
one member from among members of the House of Representatives.
  (c) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint four
members as follows:
  (A) Two members representing CASA Volunteer Programs; and
  (B) Two members from the Judicial Department with expertise in
juvenile dependency cases.
  (d) The Governor shall appoint three members as follows:

  (A) Two members from the Oregon State Bar with expertise in
juvenile justice cases involving court appointed special
advocates; and
  (B) One member from among members of the Oregon Volunteers
Commission for Voluntary Action and Service established under ORS
458.555.
  (2) The task force shall study and make recommendations on the
appropriate structure and operation for funding and
administration of the CASA Volunteer Programs in this state.
  (3) A majority of the 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 members of the task force.
  (5) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
  (6) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing
authority 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 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 make a report, and may include
recommendations for legislation, to interim committees of the
Legislative Assembly related to the provision of court appointed
special advocate services no later than January 15, 2012.
  (10) The Legislative Administrator selected under ORS 173.710
shall staff the task force.
  (11) The task force may accept donations of staff support,
office space and equipment from advocacy or service provider
organizations to assist the task force in the performance of its
functions.
  (12)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 171.072, members of the task force
who are members of the Legislative Assembly are not entitled to
mileage expenses or a per diem and serve as volunteers on the
task force.
  (b) Members of the task force who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly 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 incurred in performing functions of the task force shall
be paid out of funds appropriated to the State Commission on
Children and Families for the operation of the CASA Volunteer
Programs. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act is repealed on June
30, 2012. + }
  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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