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 1178
 
                         Senate Bill 75
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Joint Interim Judiciary
  Committee for Judicial Department)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Eliminates requirement that local citizen review boards conduct
reviews of youth offender cases at key transition points.
Repeals sunset.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2001.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to local citizen review boards; amending section 1,
  chapter 187, Oregon Laws 1999; repealing section 2, chapter
  187, Oregon Laws 1999; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. Section 1, chapter 187, Oregon Laws 1999, is amended
to read:
   { +  Sec. 1. + } (1) Subject to the availability of funds, a
local citizen review board shall review cases of youth offenders
in the custody of the Oregon Youth Authority and placed in
substitute care. The local citizen review board shall focus on
public safety, youth offender accountability and reformation in
conducting the reviews.
  (2)   { - No later than July 1, 1999, - }  The Judicial
Department and the Oregon Youth Authority shall enter into an
intergovernmental agreement regarding the reviews conducted under
subsection (1) of this section. The intergovernmental agreement
must outline the:
  (a) Timing of the reviews;
  (b) Participants to be invited to the reviews; and
  (c) Process to be followed in conducting the reviews.
    { - (3) The agreement must specify that the reviews be
conducted, at a minimum, at key transition points in a case. Key
transition points include, but are not limited to, the initial
placement of the youth offender and the point at which the youth
offender is preparing to leave substitute care. - }
    { - (4) - }   { + (3) + } The local citizen review board
shall forward findings and recommendations generated at a review
under subsection (1) of this section to the court and any other
parties designated in the agreement under subsection (2) of this
section.  The court shall cause the findings and recommendations
 
to become part of the juvenile court file for consideration by
the juvenile court judge.
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 2, chapter 187, Oregon Laws 1999, is
repealed. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + 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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