71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
SA to A-Eng. HB 2942
 
LC 616/HB 2942-A8
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2942
 
                    By COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
 
                             June 15
 
  In line 2 of the printed A-engrossed bill, after the semicolon
delete the rest of the line and insert 'creating new provisions;
and amending ORS 423.530.'.
  Delete lines 11 through 14 and insert 'the determination on a
formula, adopted by the department by rule, that is fair,
equitable, quantifiable and verifiable and not affected by
variations in local corrections practices. In establishing the
formula, the department shall consider the recommendations of the
Community Corrections Funding Advisory Committee established in
subsection (3) of this section. If the Director of the Department
of Corrections disagrees with the recommendations of the advisory
committee, the allocation formula previously adopted by rule by
the department remains in effect until the end of the next
regular session of the Legislative Assembly. '
  After line 21, insert:
  ' (3) The Community Corrections Funding Advisory Committee is
created. The advisory committee consists of 11 members appointed
by the Director of the Department of Corrections as follows:
  ' (a) Five members, including community corrections directors,
from a list of recommendations submitted to the director by the
Association of Oregon Counties;
  ' (b) Five members from a list of recommendations submitted to
the director by the Oregon State Sheriffs' Association; and
  ' (c) One member from the department.
  ' (4) In preparing the lists of recommendations to be submitted
to the director for purposes of subsection (3) of this section,
the director of the Association of Oregon Counties and the
president of the Oregon State Sheriffs' Association shall select
members who reflect and represent the broad geographic, urban and
rural and demographic characteristics of Oregon's counties.
  ' (5) The advisory committee shall:
  ' (a) Develop and recommend to the department an allocation
formula to distribute community corrections funds, including
local control population funds, among counties.
  ' (b) Monitor the accuracy of the community corrections
population forecast and cost factors in the allocation formula.
  ' (c) Monitor actual community corrections experience and
practices on a county-by-county basis and identify those
practices relating to use of custodial and alternative
community-based sanctions that achieve the outcomes, including
but not limited to protection of the public and reduced
recidivism, envisioned through ORS 423.475, 423.478, 423.483 and
423.500 to 423.560.
  ' (d) Review the department's calculation of current service
level amounts.
  ' (e) Notify the department, the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services and the Legislative Fiscal Officer as to
whether the advisory committee agrees that the allocation formula
proposed to be established by the director and the calculation of
current service level meet the requirements of ORS 423.483.
  ' (f) Monitor and recommend improvements in the partnership
between the state and counties, including policies, structures,
processes and outcomes.
  ' (6) When calculating current service level amounts, the
department shall meet with the advisory committee at least twice.
The purpose of the first meeting is to review the methodology and
assumptions being used to create the current service level. The
second meeting must be held after the release of the April Oregon
corrections population forecast in even-numbered years. The
purpose of the second meeting is to review the actual current
service level calculation.
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + The Director of the Department of
Corrections shall convene a broad-based task force consisting of
representatives of the county boards of commissioners, county
sheriffs, county community corrections directors and other
interested partners that the director deems appropriate. The task
force shall review and make findings and recommendations
concerning structures for the future governance of community
corrections in this state. The task force shall submit a report
setting forth its findings and recommendations to the
Seventy-second Legislative Assembly. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + As part of the Department of
Corrections' ongoing efforts to evaluate and monitor the
effectiveness of community corrections programs as required by
ORS 423.525 (7) and 423.555, the department, in partnership with
counties, shall:
  ' (1) Review actual community corrections experience and
practices on a county-by-county basis and identify those
practices relating to use of custodial and alternative
community-based sanctions that achieve the outcomes, including
but not limited to protection of the public and reduced
recidivism, envisioned through ORS 423.475, 423.478, 423.483 and
423.500 to 423.560. When the practices are identified, the
department shall provide the information to all counties and
shall facilitate, when possible, training or technical assistance
that counties may require to implement the practices.
  ' (2) Review the allocation formula developed under ORS 423.530
and identify possible incentives that could be provided to those
counties that exceed the established performance measure targets.
  ' (3) Provide a report to the Emergency Board on progress made
in completing the activities required by this section, including
the results of the county-by-county review, no later than
September 30, 2002. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + The Department of Corrections, in
conjunction with the Community Corrections Funding Advisory
Committee, shall provide two reports to the Emergency Board on
progress made in completing the activities required by ORS
423.530. The department shall submit the first report no later
than September 30, 2002, and the second report no later than
September 30, 2004. + } ' .   { +  + }
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