71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 1556
 
                         House Bill 2076
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Health and Human Services)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Changes membership of State Commission on Children and
Families.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to State Commission on Children and Families; creating
  new provisions; and amending ORS 417.730.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 417.730 is amended to read:
  417.730. (1) There is established a State Commission on
Children and Families consisting of:
  (a) The Director of Human Services;
  (b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction;
  (c) One member appointed by the President of the Senate, who
shall be a member of the Senate and who shall be a nonvoting,
advisory member;
  (d) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, who shall be a member of the House of
Representatives and who shall be a nonvoting, advisory member;
and
  (e) 12 members appointed by the Governor.
  (2) The appointments made by the Governor shall reflect the
state's diverse populations and regions and shall include
representatives with expertise along the full developmental
continuum of a child from the prenatal stage through 18 years of
age. The members appointed by the Governor shall include:
  (a) One representative from the Oregon Juvenile Department
Director's Association, from which the Governor may solicit
suggestions for appointment;
  (b)   { - Six - }  { +  Three + } public members who have
demonstrated interest in children, with consideration given to a
youth member and persons from the education community;
  (c)   { - Two - }  { +  Five + } members   { - from - }  { +
who represent + } local commissions on children and families, one
 { + appointed + } from   { - a rural area and one from an urban
area - }  { +  each congressional district + };
  (d) One social service professional; and
  (e) Two members from the business community who have
demonstrated interest in children.
 
  (3) The term of office of each member appointed by the Governor
is four years. Before the expiration of the term of an appointed
member, the Governor shall appoint a successor whose term begins
on October 1. An appointed member is eligible for reappointment.
If there is a vacancy in an appointed position for any cause, the
Governor shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective for the unexpired term.
  (4) The appointments by the Governor to the state commission
are subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner
prescribed in ORS 171.562 and 171.565.
  (5) An appointed member of the state commission who is not a
member of the Legislative Assembly is entitled to compensation
and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495. Members who are members
of the Legislative Assembly shall be paid compensation and
expense reimbursement as provided in ORS 171.072, payable from
funds appropriated to the Legislative Assembly.
  (6)(a) The majority of the members of the state commission
shall be laypersons.
  (b) As used in this subsection, 'layperson' means a person
whose primary income is not derived from either offering direct
service to children and youth or being an administrator for a
program for children and youth.
  SECTION 2.  { + The Governor shall appoint members to the State
Commission on Children and Families who meet the requirements of
ORS 417.730, as amended by section 1 of this 2001 Act, as
vacancies occur on the commission. + }
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