71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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                         Senate Bill 491
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (at the request of Senator
  Peter Courtney)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Authorizes forfeiture of motor vehicle of person arrested for
driving under influence of intoxicants if person has been
convicted of specified offenses within 10 years prior to arrest.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to forfeiture of motor vehicles; amending ORS 809.730.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 809.730 is amended to read:
  809.730. (1) A motor vehicle may be seized and forfeited if the
person operating the vehicle is arrested or issued a citation for
driving while under the influence of intoxicants in violation of
ORS 813.010 and the person, within   { - three - }   { + 10 + }
years prior to the arrest or issuance of the citation, has been
convicted of or forfeited bail or security for:
  (a) Driving while under the influence of intoxicants in
violation of ORS 813.010, or its statutory counterpart in another
jurisdiction; or
  (b) Murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide or
assault that resulted from the operation of a motor vehicle in
this state or in another jurisdiction.
  (2) All seizure and forfeiture proceedings under this section
shall be conducted in accordance with ORS chapter 475A.
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