Bill Text: OR SB834 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to initiating a false report; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-02 - Effective date, June 24, 2013. [SB834 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB834-Enrolled.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         Senate Bill 834

Sponsored by Senator WINTERS; Senators BAERTSCHIGER JR, BOQUIST,
  FERRIOLI, GEORGE, GIROD, HANSELL, KNOPP, KRUSE, OLSEN, STARR,
  THOMSEN, WHITSETT

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to initiating a false report; amending ORS 162.375; and
  declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1. ORS 162.375 is amended to read:
  162.375. (1) A person commits the crime of initiating a false
report if the person knowingly initiates a false alarm or report
which is transmitted to a fire department, law enforcement agency
or other organization that deals with emergencies involving
danger to life or property.
  (2) Initiating a false report is a Class   { - C - }  { +
A + } misdemeanor.
   { +  (3) The court shall include in the sentence of any person
convicted under this section a requirement that the person repay
the costs incurred in responding to and investigating the false
report. + }
  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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Passed by Senate April 24, 2013

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                               Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Passed by House June 13, 2013

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                                     Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2013

Approved:

......M.,............., 2013

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                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2013

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                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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