Chapter 870 Oregon Laws 2001
AN ACT
HB 2918
Relating to crime; creating
new provisions; amending ORS 40.460, 133.069, 138.040, 138.060, 138.071,
138.081, 138.255, 163.547, 163.730, 164.377, 165.800, 166.065, 181.080,
181.360, 419C.085, 419C.106, 475.235 and 475.996; repealing sections 3, 4 and
5, chapter 923, Oregon Laws 1999; appropriating money; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 163.730 is amended to read:
163.730. As used in ORS 30.866 and 163.730 to 163.750,
unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Alarm” means to cause apprehension or fear resulting
from the perception of danger.
(2) “Coerce” means to restrain, compel or dominate by force
or threat.
(3) “Contact” includes but is not limited to:
(a) Coming into the visual or physical presence of the
other person;
(b) Following the other person;
(c) Waiting outside the home, property, place of work or
school of the other person or of a member of that person’s family or household;
(d) Sending or making written or electronic communications in any form to the other person;
(e) Speaking with the other person by any means;
(f) Communicating with the other person through a third
person;
(g) Committing a crime against the other person;
(h) Communicating with a third person who has some
relationship to the other person with the intent of affecting the third
person’s relationship with the other person;
(i) Communicating with business entities with the intent of
affecting some right or interest of the other person;
(j) Damaging the other person’s home, property, place of
work or school; or
(k) Delivering directly or through a third person any
object to the home, property, place of work or school of the other person.
(4) “Household member” means any person residing in the
same residence as the victim.
(5) “Immediate family” means father, mother, child,
sibling, parent, spouse, grandparent, stepparent and stepchild.
(6) “Law enforcement officer” means any person employed in
this state as a police officer by a county sheriff, constable, marshal or
municipal or state police agency.
(7) “Repeated” means two or more times.
(8) “School” means a public or private institution of
learning or a child care facility.
SECTION 2.
ORS 166.065 is amended to read:
166.065. (1) A person commits the crime of harassment if
the person intentionally:
(a) Harasses or annoys another person by:
(A) Subjecting such other person to offensive physical
contact; or
(B) Publicly insulting such other person by abusive words
or gestures in a manner intended and likely to provoke a violent response;
(b) Subjects another to alarm by conveying a false report,
known by the conveyor to be false, concerning death or serious physical injury
to a person, which report reasonably would be expected to cause alarm; or
(c) Subjects another to alarm by conveying a telephonic, electronic or written threat to
inflict serious physical injury on that person or to commit a felony involving
the person or property of that person or any member of that person’s family,
which threat reasonably would be expected to cause alarm.
(2) A person is criminally liable for harassment if the
person knowingly permits any telephone or
electronic device under the person’s control to be used in violation of
subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Harassment is a Class B misdemeanor.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section,
harassment is a Class A misdemeanor if a person violates subsection (1) of this
section by subjecting another person to offensive physical contact and the
offensive physical contact consists of touching the sexual or other intimate
parts of the other person.
SECTION 3.
ORS 165.800 is amended to read:
165.800. (1) A person commits the crime of identity theft
if the person, with the intent to deceive
or to defraud, obtains, possesses, transfers, creates, utters or converts
to the person’s own use the personal identification of another person.
(2) Identity theft is a Class C felony.
(3) It is an affirmative defense to violating subsection
(1) of this section that the person charged with the offense:
(a) Was under 21 years of age at the time of committing the
offense and the person used the personal identification of another person
solely for the purpose of purchasing alcohol;
(b) Was under 18 years of age at the time of committing the
offense and the person used the personal identification of another person
solely for the purpose of purchasing tobacco products; or
(c) Used the personal identification of another person
solely for the purpose of misrepresenting the person’s age to gain access to a:
(A) Place the access to which is restricted based on age;
or
(B) Benefit based on age.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) “Another person” means a real or imaginary person.
(b) “Personal identification” includes, but is not limited
to, any written document or electronic data that does, or purports to, provide
information concerning:
(A) A person’s name, address or telephone number;
(B) A person’s driving privileges;
(C) A person’s Social Security number or tax identification
number;
(D) A person’s citizenship status or alien identification
number;
(E) A person’s employment status, employer or place of
employment;
(F) The identification number assigned to a person by a
person’s employer;
(G) The maiden name of a person or a person’s mother;
(H) The identifying number of a person’s depository account
at a financial institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, or a credit card
account;
(I) A person’s signature or a copy of a person’s signature;
(J) A person’s electronic mail name, electronic mail
signature, electronic mail address or electronic mail account;
(K) A person’s photograph;
(L) A person’s date of birth; and
(M) A person’s personal identification number.
SECTION 4.
ORS 138.060 is amended to read:
138.060. (1) The
state may take an appeal from the circuit court to the Court of Appeals from:
[(1)] (a) An order made prior to trial
dismissing or setting aside the accusatory instrument;
[(2)] (b) An order arresting the judgment;
[(3)] (c) An order made prior to trial
suppressing evidence;
[(4)] (d) An order made prior to trial for
the return or restoration of things seized;
[(5)] (e) A judgment of conviction based on
the sentence as provided in ORS 138.222;
[(6)] (f) An order in a probation revocation
hearing finding that a defendant who was sentenced to probation under ORS
137.712 has not violated a condition of probation by committing a new crime;
[(7)] (g) An order made after a guilty
finding dismissing or setting aside the accusatory instrument;
[(8)] (h) An order granting a new trial; or
[(9)] (i) An order dismissing an accusatory
instrument under ORS 136.130.
(2) Notwithstanding
subsection (1) of this section, when the state chooses to appeal from an order
listed in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection, the state shall take the
appeal from the circuit court to the Supreme Court if the defendant is charged
with murder or aggravated murder. The orders to which this subsection applies
are:
(a) An order made prior
to trial suppressing evidence; and
(b) An order made prior
to trial dismissing or setting aside the accusatory instrument.
(3) In an appeal by the
state under subsection (2) of this section, the Supreme Court shall issue its
decision no later than one year after the date of oral argument or, if the
appeal is not orally argued, the date that the State Court Administrator
delivers the briefs to the Supreme Court for decision. Failure of the Supreme
Court to issue a decision within one year is not a ground for dismissal of the
appeal.
SECTION 4a.
Section 4b of this 2001 Act is added to
and made a part of ORS 138.010 to 138.310.
SECTION 4b.
(1) When a defendant is charged with a
felony and is in custody pending an appeal under ORS 138.060 (1)(a) or (c), the
Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court shall decide the appeal within the time
limits prescribed by this section.
(2)(a) Pursuant to rules
adopted by the Court of Appeals, the Court of Appeals shall ensure that the
appeal is fully briefed no later than 90 days after the date the transcript is
settled under ORS 19.370.
(b) Notwithstanding
paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Court of Appeals may allow more than 90
days after the transcript is settled to fully brief the appeal if it determines
that the ends of justice served by allowing more time outweigh the best
interests of the public, the parties and the victim of the crime.
(3) The Court of Appeals
shall decide the appeal no later than 180 days after the date of oral argument
or, if the appeal is not orally argued, the date that the State Court
Administrator delivers the briefs to the Court of Appeals for decision. Any
reasonable period of delay incurred by the Court of Appeals on its own motion
or at the request of one of the parties is excluded from the 180-day period
within which the Court of Appeals is required to issue a decision if the Court
of Appeals determines that the ends of justice served by a decision on a later
date outweigh the best interests of the public, the parties and the victim of
the crime.
(4)(a) In determining
whether to allow more than 90 days after the transcript is settled to fully
brief the appeal or more than 180 days after oral argument or delivery of the
briefs to decide the appeal, the Court of Appeals shall consider whether:
(A) The appeal is
unusually complex or presents novel questions of law so that the prescribed
time limit is unreasonable; and
(B) The failure to
extend the time limit would likely result in a miscarriage of justice.
(b) If the Court of
Appeals decides to allow additional time to fully brief the appeal or to decide
the appeal, the Court of Appeals shall state the reasons for doing so in
writing and shall serve a copy of the writing on the parties.
(5) If the Supreme Court
allows review of a decision of the Court of Appeals on an appeal described in
subsection (1) of this section, the Supreme Court shall issue its decision on
review no later than 180 days after the date of oral argument or, if the review
is not orally argued, the date the State Court Administrator delivers the
briefs to the Supreme Court for decision. Any reasonable period of delay
incurred by the Supreme Court on its own motion or at the request of one of the
parties is excluded from the 180-day period within which the Supreme Court is
required to issue a decision if the Supreme Court determines that the ends of
justice served by a decision on a later date outweigh the best interests of the
public, the parties and the victim of the crime.
(6)(a) In determining
whether to allow more than 180 days after oral argument or delivery of the
briefs to decide the review, the Supreme Court shall consider whether:
(A) The review is
unusually complex or presents novel questions of law so that the prescribed
time limit is unreasonable; and
(B) The failure to
extend the time limit would likely result in a miscarriage of justice.
(b) If the Supreme Court
decides to allow additional time to decide the review, the Supreme Court shall
state the reasons for doing so in writing and shall serve a copy of the writing
on the parties.
(7) Failure of the Court
of Appeals or the Supreme Court to decide an appeal or review within the time
limits prescribed in this section is not a ground for dismissal of the appeal
or review.
(8) Any delay sought or
acquiesced in by the defendant does not count against the state with respect to
any statutory or constitutional right of the defendant to a speedy trial.
SECTION 4c.
ORS 138.255 is amended to read:
138.255. (1) An
appeal to the Court of Appeals may be certified to the Supreme Court, and the
Supreme Court may accept or deny acceptance of the certified appeal, as
provided in ORS 19.405.
(2) At any time
before the State Court Administrator sends notice to the parties of the date of
oral argument or, if the case is not orally argued, the date that the State
Court Administrator delivers the briefs to the Court of Appeals for decision, a
party may request the Supreme Court to take and decide an appeal taken by the
state under ORS 138.060 (1). In determining whether to accept an appeal under
this subsection, the Supreme Court shall consider, in addition to other factors
that the Supreme Court deems appropriate:
(a) Whether the
defendant is charged with a Class A felony listed under ORS 137.700 or 137.707;
(b) The extent to which
the case presents speedy trial concerns; and
(c) The extent to which
the case presents a significant issue of law.
SECTION 5.
ORS 40.460 is amended to read:
40.460. The following are not excluded by ORS 40.455, even
though the declarant is available as a witness:
(1) (Reserved.)
(2) A statement relating to a startling event or condition
made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event
or condition.
(3) A statement of the declarant’s then existing state of
mind, emotion, sensation or physical condition, such as intent, plan, motive,
design, mental feeling, pain or bodily health, but not including a statement of
memory or belief to prove the fact remembered or believed unless it relates to
the execution, revocation, identification, or terms of the declarant’s will.
(4) Statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or
treatment and describing medical history, or past or present symptoms, pain or
sensations, or the inception or general character of the cause of external
source thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment.
(5) A memorandum or record concerning a matter about which
a witness once had knowledge but now has insufficient recollection to enable
the witness to testify fully and accurately, shown to have been made or adopted
by the witness when the matter was fresh in the memory of the witness and to
reflect that knowledge correctly. If admitted, the memorandum or record may be
read into evidence but may not itself be received as an exhibit unless offered
by an adverse party.
(6) A memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in
any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses, made at or near
the time by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge, if
kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity, and if it was
the regular practice of that business activity to make the memorandum, report,
record, or data compilation, all as shown by the testimony of the custodian or
other qualified witness, unless the source of information or the method of
circumstances of preparation indicate lack of trustworthiness. The term
“business” as used in this subsection includes business, institution,
association, profession, occupation, and calling of every kind, whether or not
conducted for profit.
(7) Evidence that a matter is not included in the
memoranda, reports, records, or data compilations, and in any form, kept in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (6) of this section, to prove the
nonoccurrence or nonexistence of the matter, if the matter was of a kind of
which a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation was regularly made and
preserved, unless the sources of information or other circumstances indicate
lack of trustworthiness.
(8) Records, reports, statements, or data compilations, in
any form, of public offices or agencies, setting forth:
(a) The activities of the office or agency;
(b) Matters observed pursuant to duty imposed by law as to
which matters there was a duty to report, excluding however, in criminal cases
matters observed by police officers and other law enforcement personnel; or
(c) In civil actions and proceedings and against the
government in criminal cases, factual findings, resulting from an investigation
made pursuant to authority granted by law, unless the sources of information or
other circumstances indicate lack of trustworthiness.
(9) Records or data compilations, in any form, of births,
fetal deaths, deaths or marriages, if the report thereof was made to a public
office pursuant to requirements of law.
(10) To prove the absence of a record, report, statement,
or data compilation, in any form, or the nonoccurrence or nonexistence of a
matter of which a record, report, statement, or data compilation, in any form,
was regularly made and preserved by a public office or agency, evidence in the
form of a certification in accordance with ORS 40.510, or testimony, that
diligent search failed to disclose the record, report, statement, or data
compilation, or entry.
(11) Statements of births, marriages, divorces, deaths,
legitimacy, ancestry, relationship by blood or marriage, or other similar facts
of personal or family history, contained in a regularly kept record of a
religious organization.
(12) A statement of fact contained in a certificate that
the maker performed a marriage or other ceremony or administered a sacrament,
made by a clergyman, public official, or other person authorized by the rules
or practices of a religious organization or by law to perform the act
certified, and purporting to have been issued at the time of the act or within
a reasonable time thereafter.
(13) Statements of facts concerning personal or family
history contained in family bibles, genealogies, charts, engravings on rings,
inscriptions on family portraits, engravings on urns, crypts, or tombstones, or
the like.
(14) The record of a document purporting to establish or
affect an interest in property, as proof of content of the original recorded
document and its execution and delivery by each person by whom it purports to
have been executed, if the record is a record of a public office and an
applicable statute authorizes the recording of documents of that kind in that
office.
(15) A statement contained in a document purporting to
establish or affect an interest in property if the matter stated was relevant
to the purpose of the document, unless dealings with the property since the
document was made have been inconsistent with the truth of the statement or the
purport of the document.
(16) Statements in a document in existence 20 years or more
the authenticity of which is established.
(17) Market quotations, tabulations, lists, directories, or
other published compilations, generally used and relied upon by the public or
by persons in particular occupations.
(18) (Reserved.)
(18a)(a) A complaint of sexual misconduct or complaint of
abuse as defined in ORS 107.705 or 419B.005 made by the witness after the
commission of the alleged misconduct or abuse at issue. Except as provided in
paragraph (b) of this subsection, such evidence must be confined to the fact
that the complaint was made.
(b) A statement made by a person concerning an act of
abuse, as defined in ORS 107.705 or 419B.005, is not excluded by ORS 40.455 if
the declarant either testifies at the proceeding and is subject to
cross-examination or was chronologically or mentally under 12 years of age at
the time the statement was made and is unavailable as a witness. However, if a
declarant is unavailable, the statement may be admitted in evidence only if the
proponent establishes that the time, content and circumstances of the statement
provide indicia of reliability, and in a criminal trial that there is
corroborative evidence of the act of abuse and of the alleged perpetrator’s
opportunity to participate in the conduct and that the statement possesses
indicia of reliability as is constitutionally required to be admitted. No
statement may be admitted under this paragraph unless the proponent of the
statement makes known to the adverse party the proponent’s intention to offer
the statement and the particulars of the statement no later than 15 days before
trial, except for good cause shown. For purposes of this paragraph, in addition
to those situations described in ORS 40.465 (1), the declarant shall be
considered “unavailable” if the declarant has a substantial lack of memory of
the subject matter of the statement, is presently incompetent to testify, is
unable to communicate about the abuse or sexual conduct because of fear or
other similar reason or is substantially likely, as established by expert
testimony, to suffer lasting severe emotional trauma from testifying. Unless
otherwise agreed by the parties, the court shall examine the declarant in
chambers and on the record or outside the presence of the jury and on the
record. The examination shall be conducted immediately prior to the
commencement of the trial in the presence of the attorney and the legal
guardian or other suitable adult as designated by the court. If the declarant
is found to be unavailable, the court shall then determine the admissibility of
the evidence. The determinations shall be appealable under ORS 138.060 [(3)] (1)(c) or (2)(a). The purpose of the examination shall be to aid
the court in making its findings regarding the availability of the declarant as
a witness and the reliability of the statement of the declarant. In determining
whether a statement possesses indicia of reliability under this paragraph, the
court may consider, but is not limited to, the following factors:
(A) The personal knowledge of the declarant of the event;
(B) The age and maturity of the declarant or extent of
disability if the declarant is a person with developmental disabilities;
(C) Certainty that the statement was made, including the
credibility of the person testifying about the statement and any motive the
person may have to falsify or distort the statement;
(D) Any apparent motive the declarant may have to falsify
or distort the event, including bias, corruption or coercion;
(E) The timing of the statement of the declarant;
(F) Whether more than one person heard the statement;
(G) Whether the declarant was suffering pain or distress
when making the statement;
(H) Whether the declarant’s young age or disability makes
it unlikely that the declarant fabricated a statement that represents a
graphic, detailed account beyond the knowledge and experience of the declarant;
(I) Whether the statement has internal consistency or
coherence and uses terminology appropriate to the declarant’s age or to the
extent of the declarant’s disability if the declarant is a person with
developmental disabilities;
(J) Whether the statement is spontaneous or directly
responsive to questions; and
(K) Whether the statement was elicited by leading
questions.
(c) This subsection applies to all civil, criminal and
juvenile proceedings.
(d) This subsection applies to a child declarant or an
adult declarant with developmental disabilities. For the purposes of this
subsection, “developmental disabilities” means any disability attributable to
mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or other disabling
neurological condition that requires training or support similar to that
required by persons with mental retardation, if either of the following apply:
(A) The disability originates before the person attains 22
years of age, or if the disability is attributable to mental retardation the
condition is manifested before the person attains 18 years of age, the
disability can be expected to continue indefinitely, and the disability
constitutes a substantial handicap to the ability of the person to function in
society.
(B) The disability results in a significant subaverage
general intellectual functioning with concurrent deficits in adaptive behavior
that are manifested during the developmental period.
(19) Reputation among members of a person’s family by
blood, adoption or marriage, or among a person’s associates, or in the
community, concerning a person’s birth, adoption, marriage, divorce, death,
legitimacy, relationship by blood or adoption or marriage, ancestry, or other
similar fact of a person’s personal or family history.
(20) Reputation in a community, arising before the
controversy, as to boundaries of or customs affecting lands in the community,
and reputation as to events of general history important to the community or
state or nation in which located.
(21) Reputation of a person’s character among associates of
the person or in the community.
(22) Evidence of a final judgment, entered after a trial or
upon a plea of guilty, but not upon a plea of no contest, adjudging a person
guilty of a crime other than a traffic offense, to prove any fact essential to
sustain the judgment, but not including, when offered by the government in a
criminal prosecution for purposes other than impeachment, judgments against
persons other than the accused. The pendency of an appeal may be shown but does
not affect admissibility.
(23) Judgments as proof of matters of personal, family or
general history, or boundaries, essential to the judgment, if the same would be
provable by evidence of reputation.
(24) Notwithstanding the limits contained in subsection
(18a) of this section, in any proceeding in which a child under 12 years of age
at the time of trial, or a person with developmental disabilities as described
in subsection (18a)(d) of this section, may be called as a witness to testify
concerning an act of abuse, as defined in ORS 419B.005, or sexual conduct
performed with or on the child or person with developmental disabilities by
another, the testimony of the child or person with developmental disabilities
taken by contemporaneous examination and cross-examination in another place
under the supervision of the trial judge and communicated to the courtroom by
closed circuit television or other audiovisual means. Testimony will be allowed
as provided in this subsection only if the court finds that there is a
substantial likelihood, established by expert testimony, that the child or
person with developmental disabilities will suffer severe emotional or
psychological harm if required to testify in open court. If the court makes
such a finding, the court, on motion of a party, the child, the person with
developmental disabilities or the court in a civil proceeding, or on motion of
the district attorney, the child or the person with developmental disabilities
in a criminal or juvenile proceeding, may order that the testimony of the child
or the person with developmental disabilities be taken as described in this
subsection. Only the judge, the attorneys for the parties, the parties,
individuals necessary to operate the equipment and any individual the court
finds would contribute to the welfare and well-being of the child or person
with developmental disabilities may be present during the testimony of the
child or person with developmental disabilities.
(25)(a) Any document containing data prepared or recorded
by the Oregon State Police pursuant to ORS 813.160 (1)(b)(C) or (E), or
pursuant to ORS 475.235 (3), if the document is produced by data retrieval from
the Law Enforcement Data System or other computer system maintained and
operated by the Oregon State Police, and the person retrieving the data attests
that the information was retrieved directly from the system and that the
document accurately reflects the data retrieved.
(b) Any document containing data prepared or recorded by
the Oregon State Police that is produced by data retrieval from the Law
Enforcement Data System or other computer system maintained and operated by the
Oregon State Police and that is electronically transmitted through public or
private computer networks under a digital signature adopted by the Oregon State
Police pursuant to ORS 192.825 to 192.855 if the person receiving the data
attests that the document accurately reflects the data received.
(c) Notwithstanding any statute or rule to the contrary, in
any criminal case in which documents are introduced under the provisions of
this subsection, the defendant may subpoena the [criminalist] analyst, as
defined in ORS 475.235 (5), or other person that generated or keeps the
original document for the purpose of testifying at the preliminary hearing and
trial of the issue. Except as provided in ORS 44.550 to 44.566, no charge shall
be made to the defendant for the appearance of the [criminalist] analyst or
other person.
(26)(a) A statement that purports to narrate, describe,
report or explain an incident of domestic violence, as defined in ORS 135.230,
made by a victim of the domestic violence within 24 hours after the incident
occurred, if the statement:
(A) Was recorded, either electronically or in writing, or
was made to a peace officer as defined in ORS 161.015, corrections officer,
youth corrections officer, parole and probation officer, emergency medical
technician or firefighter; and
(B) Has sufficient indicia of reliability.
(b) In determining whether a statement has sufficient
indicia of reliability under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the court shall
consider all circumstances surrounding the statement. The court may consider,
but is not limited to, the following factors in determining whether a statement
has sufficient indicia of reliability:
(A) The personal knowledge of the declarant.
(B) Whether the statement is corroborated by evidence other
than statements that are subject to admission only pursuant to this subsection.
(C) The timing of the statement.
(D) Whether the statement was elicited by leading
questions.
(E) Subsequent statements made by the declarant. Recantation
by a declarant is not sufficient reason for denying admission of a statement
under this subsection in the absence of other factors indicating unreliability.
(27)(a) A statement not specifically covered by any of the
foregoing exceptions but having equivalent circumstantial guarantees of
trustworthiness, if the court determines that:
(A) The statement is relevant;
(B) The statement is more probative on the point for which
it is offered than any other evidence that the proponent can procure through
reasonable efforts; and
(C) The general purposes of the Oregon Evidence Code and
the interests of justice will best be served by admission of the statement into
evidence.
(b) A statement may not be admitted under this subsection
unless the proponent of it makes known to the adverse party the intention to
offer the statement and the particulars of it, including the name and address
of the declarant, sufficiently in advance of the trial or hearing, or as soon
as practicable after it becomes apparent that such statement is probative of
the issues at hand, to provide the adverse party with a fair opportunity to
prepare to meet it.
SECTION 6.
ORS 138.040 is amended to read:
138.040. Except as provided under ORS 138.050, the
defendant may appeal to the Court of Appeals from a judgment or order described
under ORS 138.053 in a circuit court, and may cross-appeal when the state
appeals pursuant to ORS 138.060 [(3)]
(1)(c) or (2)(a). The following
apply upon such appeal or cross-appeal:
(1) The appellate court may review:
(a) Any decision of the court in an intermediate order or
proceeding.
(b) Any disposition described under ORS 138.053 as to
whether it:
(A) Exceeds the maximum allowable by law; or
(B) Is unconstitutionally cruel and unusual.
(2) If the appellate court determines the disposition
imposed exceeds the maximum allowable by law or is unconstitutionally cruel and
unusual, the appellate court shall direct the court from which the appeal is
taken to impose the disposition that should be imposed.
SECTION 7.
ORS 138.071 is amended to read:
138.071. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3) and
(4) of this section, the notice of appeal shall be served and filed not later
than 30 days after the judgment or order appealed from was entered in the
register.
(2) If a motion for new trial or motion in arrest of
judgment is served and filed the notice of appeal shall be served and filed
within 30 days from the earlier of the following dates:
(a) The date of entry of the order disposing of the motion;
or
(b) The date on which the motion is deemed denied, as
provided in ORS 136.535.
(3) A defendant cross-appealing shall serve and file the
notice of cross-appeal within 10 days of the expiration of the time allowed in
subsection (1) of this section.
(4)(a) Upon motion of a defendant, the Court of Appeals
shall grant the defendant leave to file a notice of appeal after the time
limits described in subsections (1) to (3) of this section if:
(A) The defendant, by clear and convincing evidence, shows
that the failure to file a timely notice of appeal is not attributable to the
defendant personally; and
(B) The defendant shows a colorable claim of error in the
proceeding from which the appeal is taken.
(b) A defendant shall not be entitled to relief under this
subsection for failure to file timely notice of cross-appeal when the state
appeals pursuant to ORS 138.060 [(3)]
(1)(c) or (2)(a).
(c) The request for leave to file a notice of appeal after
the time limits prescribed in subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall be
filed no later than 90 days after entry of the order or judgment being appealed
and shall be accompanied by the notice of appeal sought to be filed. A request
for leave under this subsection may be filed by mail and shall be deemed filed
on the date of mailing if the request is mailed as provided in ORS 19.260.
(d) The court shall not grant relief under this subsection
unless the state has notice and opportunity to respond to the defendant’s
request for relief.
(e) The denial of a motion under paragraph (a) of this
subsection shall be a bar to post-conviction relief under ORS 138.510 to
138.680 on the same ground, unless the court provides otherwise.
SECTION 8.
ORS 138.081 is amended to read:
138.081. (1) An appeal shall be taken by causing a notice
of appeal in the form prescribed by ORS 19.250 to be served:
(a)(A) On the district attorney for the county in which the
judgment is entered, when the defendant appeals, or if the appeal is under ORS
221.360 on the plaintiff’s attorney; or
(B) On the attorney of record for the defendant, or if the
defendant has no attorney of record, on the defendant, when the state appeals;
and
(b) On the trial court transcript coordinator if a
transcript is required in connection with the appeal; and
(c) On the clerk of the trial court.
(2)(a) The original of the notice shall be filed with the
clerk of the court to which the appeal is made.
(b) Proof of service of the notice of appeal shall be
indorsed on or affixed to the original filed with the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court.
SECTION 9.
ORS 475.996 is amended to read:
475.996. (1) A violation of ORS 475.992 shall be classified
as crime category 8 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the Oregon Criminal
Justice Commission if:
(a) The violation constitutes delivery or manufacture of a
controlled substance and involves substantial quantities of a controlled
substance. For purposes of this paragraph, the following amounts constitute
substantial quantities of the following controlled substances:
(A) Five grams or more of a mixture or substance containing
a detectable amount of heroin;
(B) Ten grams or more of a mixture or substance containing
a detectable amount of cocaine;
(C) Ten grams or more of a mixture or substance containing
a detectable amount of methamphetamine;
(D) One hundred grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of hashish;
(E) One hundred and fifty grams or more of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana;
(F) Two hundred or more user units of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide; [or]
(G) Sixty grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of psilocybin or psilocin[.]; or
(H) Five grams or more
or 25 or more pills, tablets or capsules of a mixture or substance containing a
detectable amount of:
(i)
3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;
(ii)
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; or
(iii)
3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine.
(b) The violation constitutes possession, delivery or
manufacture of a controlled substance and the possession, delivery or
manufacture is a commercial drug offense. A possession, delivery or manufacture
is a commercial drug offense for purposes of this subsection if it is
accompanied by at least three of the following factors:
(A) The delivery was of heroin, cocaine, hashish,
marijuana, methamphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin or psilocin
and was for consideration;
(B) The offender was in possession of $300 or more in cash;
(C) The offender was unlawfully in possession of a firearm
or other weapon as described in ORS 166.270 (2), or the offender used,
attempted to use or threatened to use a deadly or dangerous weapon as defined
in ORS 161.015, or the offender was in possession of a firearm or other deadly
or dangerous weapon as defined in ORS 161.015 for the purpose of using it in
connection with a controlled substance offense;
(D) The offender was in possession of materials being used
for the packaging of controlled substances such as scales, wrapping or foil,
other than the material being used to contain the substance that is the subject
of the offense;
(E) The offender was in possession of drug transaction
records or customer lists;
(F) The offender was in possession of stolen property;
(G) Modification of structures by painting, wiring,
plumbing or lighting to facilitate a controlled substance offense;
(H) The offender was in possession of manufacturing
paraphernalia, including recipes, precursor chemicals, laboratory equipment,
lighting, ventilating or power generating equipment;
(I) The offender was using public lands for the manufacture
of controlled substances;
(J) The offender had constructed fortifications or had
taken security measures with the potential of injuring persons; or
(K) The offender was in possession of controlled substances
in an amount greater than:
(i) Three grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of heroin;
(ii) Eight grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of cocaine;
(iii) Eight grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine;
(iv) Eight grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of hashish;
(v) One hundred ten grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of marijuana;
(vi) Twenty or more user units of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide; [or]
(vii) Ten grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of psilocybin or psilocin; or
(viii) Four grams or
more or 20 or more pills, tablets or capsules of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of:
(I)
3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;
(II)
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; or
(III)
3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine.
(c) The violation constitutes a violation of ORS 475.999.
(2) A violation of ORS 475.992 shall be classified as crime
category 6 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the Oregon Criminal Justice
Commission if:
(a) The violation constitutes delivery of heroin, cocaine, [or]
methamphetamine or
3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or
3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine and is for consideration.
(b) The violation constitutes possession of:
(A) Five grams or more of a mixture or substance containing
a detectable amount of heroin;
(B) Ten grams or more of a mixture or substance containing
a detectable amount of cocaine;
(C) Ten grams or more of a mixture or substance containing
a detectable amount of methamphetamine;
(D) One hundred grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of hashish;
(E) One hundred fifty grams or more of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana;
(F) Two hundred or more user units of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide; [or]
(G) Sixty grams or more of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of psilocybin or psilocin; or
(H) Five grams or more
or 25 or more pills, tablets or capsules of a mixture or substance containing a
detectable amount of:
(i)
3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;
(ii)
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; or
(iii)
3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine.
(3) Any felony violation of ORS 475.992 not contained in
subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be classified as:
(a) Crime category 4 of the sentencing guidelines grid of
the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission if the violation involves delivery or
manufacture of a controlled substance; or
(b) Crime category 1 of the sentencing guidelines grid of
the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission if the violation involves possession of
a controlled substance.
(4) In order to prove a commercial drug offense, the state
shall plead in the accusatory instrument sufficient factors of a commercial
drug offense under subsections (1) and (2) of this section. The state has the
burden of proving each factor beyond a reasonable doubt.
SECTION 10.
ORS 133.069 is amended to read:
133.069. (1) A criminal citation issued with a form of
complaint must contain:
(a) The name of the court at which the cited person is to
appear.
(b) The name of the person cited.
(c) A complaint containing at least the following:
(A) The name of the court, the name of the state or of the
city or other public body in whose name the action is brought and the name of
the defendant.
(B) A statement or designation of the crime that can be
readily understood by a person making a reasonable effort to do so and the
date, time and place at which the crime is alleged to have been committed.
(C) A form of
certificate in which the peace officer must certify that the peace officer has
reasonable grounds to believe, and does believe, that the person named in the
complaint committed the offense specified in the complaint. A certificate
conforming to this subparagraph shall be deemed equivalent to a sworn
complaint.
(d) The date on which the citation was issued, and the name
of the peace officer who issued the citation.
(e) The date, time and place at which the person cited is
to appear in court, and a summons to so appear.
(f) If the arrest was made by a private party, the name of
the arresting person.
(2) The district attorney for the county shall review any
criminal citation issued with a form of complaint that is to be filed in a
circuit or justice court. The review must be done before the complaint is
filed.
(3) If the complaint
does not conform to the requirements of this section, the court shall set the complaint
aside upon motion of the defendant made before entry of a plea. A pretrial
ruling on a motion to set aside may be appealed by the state.
(4) A court may amend a
complaint at its discretion.
SECTION 11.
ORS 163.547 is amended to read:
163.547. (1) A person having custody or control of a child
under 16 years of age commits the crime of child neglect in the first degree if
the person knowingly leaves the child, or allows the child to stay, in a
vehicle where controlled substances are being criminally delivered or
manufactured [for consideration or profit]
or on premises and in the immediate proximity where controlled substances are
criminally delivered or manufactured for consideration or profit. As used in
this subsection, “vehicle” and “premises” do not include public places, as
defined in ORS 161.015.
(2) Child neglect in the first degree is a Class B felony.
(3) Subsection (1)
of this section does not apply if the controlled substance is marijuana and is
delivered for no consideration.
SECTION 12.
ORS 181.080 is amended to read:
181.080. (1) The Department of State Police may establish [crime detection] forensic laboratories[, to be
operated by the department in cooperation with the Oregon Health Sciences
University].
[(2) The Oregon
Health Sciences University may furnish adequate quarters, heat and light for
the laboratory in the buildings of the school at Portland and may assist the
personnel of all laboratories with technical advice and assistance.]
[(3)] (2) The laboratories shall furnish
service as available to all district attorneys, sheriffs and other peace
officers in the state. The services of the laboratories shall also be available
to any defendant in a criminal case on order of the court before which the
criminal case is pending.
SECTION 13.
ORS 181.360 is amended to read:
181.360. The Superintendent of State Police shall appoint:
(1) The director of each [crime detection] forensic laboratory,
who shall have charge and supervision over the laboratory under the general
supervision of the superintendent.
(2) The assistants necessary for the operation of the
laboratories.
SECTION 14.
ORS 475.235 is amended to read:
475.235. (1) It is not necessary for the state to negate
any exemption or exception in ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.940 to 475.995 in
any complaint, information, indictment or other pleading or in any trial,
hearing or other proceeding under ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.940 to
475.995. The burden of proof of any exemption or exception is upon the person
claiming it.
(2) In the absence of proof that a person is the duly
authorized holder of an appropriate registration or order form issued under ORS
475.005 to 475.285 and 475.940 to 475.995, the person is presumed not to be the
holder of the registration or form. The burden of proof is upon the person to
rebut the presumption.
(3) In all prosecutions in which an analysis of a
controlled substance or sample was conducted, a certified copy of the
analytical report signed by the director of [the] a state police [crime detection] forensic laboratory or the [criminalist]
analyst conducting the analysis
shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the results of the analytical
findings.
(4) Notwithstanding any statute or rule to the contrary,
the defendant may subpoena the [criminalist]
analyst to testify at the
preliminary hearing and trial of the issue at no cost to the defendant.
(5) As used in this
section, “analyst” means a person employed by the Department of State Police to
conduct analysis in forensic laboratories established by the department under
ORS 181.080.
NOTE:
Section 15 was deleted by amendment. Subsequent sections were not renumbered.
SECTION 16.
ORS 419C.085 is amended to read:
419C.085. In lieu of taking a youth into custody, a peace
officer may issue a citation to a youth for the same offenses and under the
same circumstances that a citation may be issued to an adult. Unless the
citation is issued for violation of law or ordinance for which an order has
been entered pursuant to ORS 419C.370, the citation is returnable to the
juvenile court of the county in which the citation is issued. Law enforcement
agencies in a county, in consultation with the juvenile court of the county,
may develop a form for citations issued pursuant to this section. The peace officer shall send a copy of the
citation to the district attorney.
SECTION 17.
ORS 419C.106 is amended to read:
419C.106. (1)
Except where the youth is taken into custody pursuant to an order of the court,
the person taking the youth into custody under ORS 419C.080 and 419C.088 shall
promptly file with the court or a counselor a brief written report stating all
of the following:
[(1)] (a) The youth’s name, age and address.
[(2)] (b) The name and address of the person
having legal or physical custody of the youth.
[(3)] (c) Efforts to notify the person having
legal or physical custody of the youth and the results of those efforts.
[(4)] (d) Reasons for and circumstances under
which the youth was taken into custody.
[(5)] (e) If the youth is not taken to court,
the placement of the youth.
[(6)] (f) If the youth was not released, the
reason why the youth was not released.
[(7)] (g) If the youth is not taken to court,
why the type of placement was chosen.
(2) The person
taking the youth into custody under ORS 419C.080 and 419C.088 shall also send a
copy of the report under subsection (1) of this section to the district
attorney.
SECTION 18.
ORS 164.377 is amended to read:
164.377. (1) As used in this section:
(a) To “access” means to instruct, communicate with, store
data in, retrieve data from or otherwise make use of any resources of a
computer, computer system or computer network.
(b) “Computer” means, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical electrochemical or
other high-speed data processing device [which] that performs
logical, arithmetic or memory functions by the manipulations of electronic,
magnetic or optical signals or impulses, and includes the components of a computer and all input, output, processing,
storage, software or communication facilities [which] that are
connected or related to such a device in a system or network.
(c) “Computer network” means, but is not limited to, the
interconnection of communication lines, including microwave or other means of
electronic communication, with a computer through remote terminals or a complex
consisting of two or more interconnected computers.
(d) “Computer program” means, but is not limited to, a
series of instructions or statements, in a form acceptable to a computer, which
permits the functioning of a computer system in a manner designed to provide
appropriate products from or usage of such computer system.
(e) “Computer software” means, but is not limited to,
computer programs, procedures and associated documentation concerned with the
operation of a computer system.
(f) “Computer system” means, but is not limited to, a set
of related, connected or unconnected, computer equipment, devices and software.
“Computer system” also includes any computer, device or software owned or
operated by the Oregon State Lottery or rented, owned or operated by another
person or entity under contract to or at the direction of the Oregon State
Lottery.
(g) “Data” means a representation of information,
knowledge, facts, concepts, computer software, computer programs or
instructions. “Data” may be in any form, in storage media, or as stored in the
memory of the computer, or in transit, or presented on a display device. “Data”
includes, but is not limited to, computer or human readable forms of numbers,
text, stored voice, graphics and images.
(h) “Property” includes, but is not limited to, financial
instruments, information, including electronically produced data, and computer
software and programs in either computer or human readable form, intellectual
property and any other tangible or intangible item of value.
(i) “Proprietary information” includes any scientific,
technical or commercial information including any design, process, procedure,
list of customers, list of suppliers, customers’ records or business code or
improvement thereof that is known only to limited individuals within an
organization and is used in a business that the organization conducts. The
information must have actual or potential commercial value and give the user of
the information an opportunity to obtain a business advantage over competitors
who do not know or use the information.
(j) “Services” include, but are not limited to, computer
time, data processing and storage functions.
(2) Any person commits computer crime who knowingly
accesses, attempts to access or uses, or attempts to use, any computer,
computer system, computer network or any part thereof for the purpose of:
(a) Devising or executing any scheme or artifice to
defraud;
(b) Obtaining money, property or services by means of false
or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises; or
(c) Committing theft, including, but not limited to, theft
of proprietary information.
(3) Any person who knowingly and without authorization
alters, damages or destroys any computer, computer system, computer network, or
any computer software, program, documentation or data contained in such
computer, computer system or computer network, commits computer crime.
(4) Any person who knowingly and without authorization
uses, accesses or attempts to access any computer, computer system, computer
network, or any computer software, program, documentation or data contained in
such computer, computer system or computer network, commits computer crime.
(5)(a) A violation of the provisions of subsection (2) or
(3) of this section shall be a Class C felony. Except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this subsection, a violation of the provisions of subsection (4) of this
section shall be a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any violation of this section relating to a computer,
computer network, computer program, computer software, computer system or data
owned or operated by the Oregon State Lottery or rented, owned or operated by
another person or entity under contract to or at the direction of the Oregon
State Lottery Commission shall be a Class C felony.
SECTION 19.
Sections 3 (amending ORS 136.290), 4
(amending ORS 136.295) and 5, chapter 923, Oregon Laws 1999, are repealed.
SECTION 20.
ORS 475.996 and 475.999 are added to and
made a part of ORS 475.940 to 475.995.
SECTION 21.
In addition to and not in lieu of any
other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Emergency Board, for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the General Fund, the amount of $33,545
for allocation to the Department of Corrections, after the April 2002 prison
population forecast, for population management issues resulting from
implementation of the amendments to ORS 163.547, 165.800 and 475.996 by
sections 3, 9 and 11 of this 2001 Act. Any moneys that remain unallocated and
unobligated by the Emergency Board on November 1, 2002, become available for
any purpose for which the Emergency Board lawfully may allocate funds.
SECTION 22.
In addition to and not in lieu of any
other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department of Corrections,
for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the General Fund, the amount of
$27,459, which may be expended to cover additional community corrections costs
incurred as a result of the implementation of the amendments to ORS 163.547,
165.800 and 475.996 by sections 3, 9 and 11 of this 2001 Act.
SECTION 23.
As used in sections 23 to 31 of this
2001 Act:
(1) “Domestic violence”
has the meaning given that term in ORS 135.230; and
(2) “Sexual assault”
means any unwanted sexual contact as defined in ORS 163.305.
SECTION 24.
There is established in the State
Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Oregon Domestic and
Sexual Violence Services Fund. All moneys in the fund are continuously
appropriated to the Department of Justice and shall be used by the department
to carry out a program of domestic and sexual violence services that:
(1) Provides safety for
and assists victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, promotes effective
intervention and reduces the incidence of domestic violence and sexual assault;
(2) Advocates for
victims and for domestic violence and sexual assault services; and
(3) Promotes and
facilitates interagency and interdepartmental cooperation among state agencies,
including the Department of Human Services and the Department of State Police,
and among different levels of government in this state in the delivery and funding
of services.
SECTION 25.
(1) If sufficient funds are available in
the Oregon Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Fund, the Attorney General or
the Attorney General’s designee may make grants from the fund to carry out the
plan developed under section 26 of this 2001 Act.
(2) The Attorney General
may hire staff necessary to accomplish the purposes of the plan developed under
section 26 of this 2001 Act.
(3) In accordance with
ORS 183.310 to 183.550, the Attorney General shall adopt rules necessary to
carry out the provisions of sections 23 to 31 of this 2001 Act.
SECTION 26.
(1) Prior to January 1, 2002, the
Department of Justice shall develop a plan for the allocation of funds that are
appropriated under section 32 of this 2001 Act in collaboration with:
(a) The Department of
Human Services;
(b) The Department of
State Police;
(c) The Oregon Coalition
Against Domestic and Sexual Violence;
(d) The Governor’s
Council on Domestic Violence;
(e) The Attorney
General’s Sexual Assault Task Force;
(f) Victims of domestic
and sexual violence;
(g) Representatives of
county governments and county human services departments;
(h) Representatives of
local domestic violence councils;
(i) Representatives of
domestic violence victim services providers or advocacy organizations; and
(j) Other interested
organizations.
(2) The plan developed
under subsection (1) of this section shall:
(a) Set the criteria,
procedures and timelines for allocation of funds;
(b) Establish uniform
systems for reporting requirements, collecting statistical data and reporting
measurable outcomes for programs that receive funding;
(c) Set guidelines for
the planning, coordination and delivery of services by programs that receive
funding;
(d) Provide a process
whereby the Department of Justice may review all findings from data collected
from programs that receive funding. If the department conducts a review, the
department shall use the information to develop future economic resources and
services and to coordinate services; and
(e) Further the purposes
set forth in section 24 of this 2001 Act.
SECTION 27.
To the extent that funds are available,
the Department of Justice may:
(1) Pursue centralized
training, technical assistance, policy development and implementation;
(2) Conduct statewide
community outreach and public education;
(3) Develop innovative
projects based on demonstrated effectiveness that address domestic and sexual
violence;
(4) Provide information
and policy advice based on current research and demonstrated effectiveness in
Oregon and other states, including successful local strategies; and
(5) Compile, analyze and
distribute materials to inform and support statewide coordinated planning.
SECTION 28.
In administering the Oregon Domestic and
Sexual Violence Services Fund, the Department of Justice shall:
(1) Expend no less than
15 percent of moneys distributed under the plan on sexual assault services; and
(2) Expend no more than
five percent of the moneys distributed under the plan on administrative costs.
SECTION 29.
The Department of Justice, in developing
the plan under section 26 of this 2001 Act, shall consider ways to:
(1) Balance funding for
intervention, infrastructure and prevention services;
(2) Prioritize services;
(3) Utilize local
community plans reflecting local program service needs;
(4) Establish programs
and services for victims of both domestic violence and sexual assault;
(5) Establish programs
that are culturally specific; and
(6) Ensure that there is
a coordinated community response to domestic violence and sexual assault and,
to the extent practicable, ensure that domestic violence and sexual assault
services are coordinated with other community services.
SECTION 30.
(1) After development of the plan
described in section 26 of this 2001 Act and presentation of the plan to the
appropriate interim legislative committee as required in section 31 of this
2001 Act, there is created an advisory council that shall consist of at least
15, but not more than 20, members. The council shall advise the Department of
Justice on the administration of the policies and practices of the domestic and
sexual violence services program. Members shall be appointed by and serve at
the pleasure of the Attorney General. Membership in the council shall:
(a) Accurately reflect
the diversity of the population in Oregon as well as the diversity of
individuals needing services;
(b) Be composed of both
lay and professionally trained individuals with expertise in domestic violence
and sexual assault services;
(c) Include
representatives of other state agencies providing services;
(d) Include
representatives of professional, civil or other public or private
organizations;
(e) Include private
citizens interested in service programs; and
(f) Include recipients
of assistance or services or their representatives.
(2) Members of the
advisory council may not receive compensation for their services. Members of
the advisory council other than members employed in full-time public service
shall be reimbursed by the Department of Justice for their actual and necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The reimbursement shall
be subject to the provisions of ORS 292.210 to 292.288. Members of the advisory
council who are employed in full-time public service may be reimbursed by their
employing agencies for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties.
SECTION 31.
The Department of Justice shall present
the plan that is developed under section 26 of this 2001 Act to the appropriate
legislative interim committees with oversight of domestic and sexual violence
services programs and issues of domestic and sexual violence.
SECTION 32.
There is appropriated to the Department
of Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the General Fund,
the amount of $2,500,000 for the purpose of carrying out sections 23 to 31 of
this 2001 Act.
SECTION 33.
Sections 4a, 4b, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of
this 2001 Act and the amendments to statutes by sections 1 to 4, 4c, 5 to 14
and 16 to 18 of this 2001 Act become operative on January 1, 2002.
SECTION 34.
This 2001 Act being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is
declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its passage.
Approved by the Governor
July 31, 2001
Filed in the office of
Secretary of State July 31, 2001
Effective date July 31, 2001
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