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 1670
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 3647
                  Ordered by the House April 24
            Including House Amendments dated April 24
 
Sponsored by Representative MORRISETTE (at the request of
  Attorney General's Committee on Kids and Tobacco)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Directs Department of Justice to establish hotline to allow
students and others to report criminal or suspicious activities
on school grounds or at school-sponsored activities. { +
Designates improper use of School Safety Hotline as Class A
misdemeanor.  Punishes by maximum imprisonment of one year,
$5,000 fine, or both. + }
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2001.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the School Safety Hotline; creating new provisions;
  amending ORS 165.570; appropriating money; limiting
  expenditures; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'local law
enforcement contact' means a local law enforcement officer that a
school district wants to be notified when a report concerning a
school within the school district is received on the School
Safety Hotline.
  (2) The Department of Justice shall establish a toll-free
telephone line that is available to school age children and other
members of the public for the purpose of reporting criminal or
suspicious activities on school grounds or at school-sponsored
activities. The toll-free telephone line established under this
section shall be known as the School Safety Hotline.
  (3)(a) The department shall adopt rules necessary to establish
and operate the School Safety Hotline. The department shall
include in the rules provisions that protect the identity of a
caller while maximizing opportunities to allow follow-up calls by
either the callers or the local law enforcement contacts to
provide or obtain further information.
  (b) The department is not responsible for investigating reports
received on the hotline. The appropriate school district and
appropriate local law enforcement agency shall take any follow-up
action that they deem appropriate.
  (4) At least annually, a school district shall provide the
department with a list of the school district's local law
enforcement contacts.
  (5) The department may contract with a private entity or enter
into an interagency agreement with a state agency or political
subdivision of the state to establish and operate the School
Safety Hotline.
  (6) The department, in collaboration with school officials, law
enforcement agencies and other interested persons, shall develop
a plan to promote the use of the hotline by school age
children. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Department of Justice shall seek funds
to establish and operate the School Safety Hotline. The
department may accept gifts, grants and donations from any source
for the purpose of carrying out its duties under section 1 of
this 2001 Act.
  (2) All moneys received by the department under subsection (1)
of this section shall be paid over to the State Treasurer monthly
for deposit in the Department of Justice Operating Account
created under the provisions of ORS 180.180. Amounts deposited
pursuant to this subsection are continuously appropriated to the
Attorney General to pay the expenses of the department in
administering the School Safety Hotline.
  (3) The department may begin rulemaking and take other steps in
preparation for establishing and operating the School Safety
Hotline but may not enter into binding obligations until funds
have been committed. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures by the Department of Justice for the payment of
expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, excluding lottery
funds and federal funds, collected or received by the Department
of Justice for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, there is
authorized to be expended, in addition to other limitations
established by law, as modified by Emergency Board action, the
sum of $1. Such sum may be expended only to carry out the duties
imposed by section 1 of this Act. + }
  SECTION 4. ORS 165.570 is amended to read:
  165.570. (1) A person commits the crime of improper use of
 { - a 9-1-1 - }   { + an + } emergency reporting system if the
person knowingly:
  (a) Calls a 9-1-1 emergency reporting system  { + or the School
Safety Hotline + } for a purpose other than to report a situation
that the person reasonably believes requires prompt service in
order to preserve human life or property; or
  (b) Allows another person to use telephone equipment owned,
rented or leased by or under the control of the person to call a
9-1-1 emergency reporting system  { + or the School Safety
Hotline + } for a purpose other than to report a situation that
the other person reasonably believes requires prompt service in
order to preserve human life or property.
  (2) As used in this section { + : + }  { - , - }
   { +  (a) + } '9-1-1 emergency reporting system' has the
meaning given that term in ORS 401.710.
   { +  (b) 'School Safety Hotline' means the toll-free telephone
line established under section 1 of this 2001 Act. + }
  (3) Improper use of   { - a 9-1-1 - }   { + an + } emergency
reporting system is a Class A misdemeanor.
  SECTION 5.  { + 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 July 1,
2001. + }
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