Bill Text: OR HB3182 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the selection of judges; declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3182 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3182-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 3311

                         House Bill 3182

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (at the request of Oregon Law
  Commission)

                             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.

  Directs Oregon Law Commission to appoint work group to study
methods of selecting judges. Directs commission to report to
committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on results
of study before December 31, 2013.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the selection of judges; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Oregon Law Commission shall appoint a
work group to study and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages
of various methods of selecting judges.
  (2) The commission shall report on the study to an appropriate
committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly before
December 31, 2013. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + 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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