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 3166
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2781
                  Ordered by the House April 17
            Including House Amendments dated April 17
 
Sponsored by Representative BACKLUND, Senator COURTNEY;
  Representative MORRISETTE
 
 
                             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.
 
    { - Establishes Oregon Youth Sports Commission within
Department of Human Services. - }
    { - Requires individuals who coach or supervise organized
youth sports activities to be certified by commission. Prohibits
providers of youth sports activities from allowing individuals to
coach or supervise without certification. Imposes civil penalty
of up to $1,000 for violation of requirements. - }
    { - Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services from
General Fund for administrative expenses of commission. - }
   { +  Encourages youth sports providers to determine crimes
that disqualify individuals from supervising or coaching youth
sports, to complete criminal records checks and to require
completion of sports education program. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to youth sports.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + As used in sections 1 to 4 of this 2001 Act:
  (1) 'Subject individual' means any person who is or will be
directly involved with the coaching or supervision of children
participating in an organized youth sports activity.
  (2) 'Youth sports activity' does not include any activity
operated by a school district or public charter school.
  (3) 'Youth sports provider' means any person, organization or
agency that operates in Oregon and is directly involved with
children participating in an organized youth sports activity. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Every youth sports provider is encouraged to:
  (1) Create and adopt a list of crimes that disqualify a subject
individual from coaching or supervising a youth sports activity
for the youth sports provider if the subject individual has been
convicted of the crime or has been convicted of a substantially
equivalent crime in another jurisdiction;
  (2) Complete a criminal records check on subject individuals
who coach or supervise a youth sports activity for the youth
sports provider; and
  (3) Require all subject individuals who coach or supervise a
youth sports activity to complete a sports education program. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) Upon the request of a youth sports
provider, and in compliance with procedures adopted by the
Department of State Police under ORS 181.555, the Department of
State Police shall furnish to the authorized staff of the youth
sports provider such information on a subject individual as the
Department of State Police may have in its possession from its
central bureau of criminal identification, including but not
limited to manual or computerized criminal offender information.
With the approval of the Department of State Police, a local law
enforcement agency may furnish the information described in this
subsection to a youth sports provider.
  (2)(a) Subsequent to furnishing the information required under
subsection (1) of this section, the Department of State Police
shall conduct nationwide criminal records checks of the subject
individual through the Federal Bureau of Investigation by use of
the subject individual's fingerprints and shall report the
results to the staff of the youth sports provider, who must be
specifically authorized to receive the information. In accordance
with the procedures of the Department of State Police, a local
law enforcement agency may conduct the criminal records check
described in this paragraph if the local law enforcement agency
has received approval under subsection (1) of this section.
  (b) The Department of State Police shall return the fingerprint
cards to the youth sports provider. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + Nothing in sections 1 to 4 of this 2001 Act
imposes any additional duty or liability on any youth sports
provider by reason of the youth sports provider not performing a
duty that is encouraged by section 2 of this 2001 Act. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + Sections 1 to 4 of this 2001 Act first apply to
youth sports providers on and after July 1, 2002. + }
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