71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 368
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 Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
M.D., for Oregon Department of Administrative Services)
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AN ACT
Relating to police officers; amending ORS 243.005; and declaring
an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 243.005 is amended to read:
243.005. As used in ORS 243.005 to 243.045:
(1) 'Firefighter' means persons employed by a city, county or
district whose duties involve fire fighting and includes a
volunteer firefighter whose position normally requires less than
600 hours of service per year.
(2) 'Police officer' includes police chiefs and police officers
of a city who are classified as police officers by the council or
other governing body of the city; sheriffs and those deputy
sheriffs whose duties, as classified by the county governing body
are the regular duties of police officers; employees of
districts, whose duties, as classified by the governing body of
the district are the regular duties of police officers; employees
of the Department of State Police who are classified as police
officers by the Superintendent of State Police; { + employees of
the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice who
are classified by the Attorney General as criminal investigators
or criminal financial investigators; + } employees of the Oregon
State Lottery Commission { + who are + } classified by the
Director of the Oregon State Lottery as enforcement agents; and
employees of Department of Corrections institutions as defined in
ORS 421.005 whose duties, as assigned by the superintendent,
include the custody of persons committed to the custody of or
transferred to the Department of Corrections institution; but
'police officer' does not include volunteer or reserve police
officers or persons considered by the respective governing bodies
to be civil deputies or clerical personnel.
(3) 'Public employer' means a city, a county or the state, or
one of its agencies or political subdivisions that employs police
officers or firefighters.
SECTION 2. { + 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 on its
passage. + }
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Passed by Senate February 12, 2001
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Secretary of Senate
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President of Senate
Passed by House March 12, 2001
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Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Secretary of State
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