72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 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
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 2783
 
                         House Bill 3388
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (at the request of Oregon
  State Sheriffs Association)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Allows city or county to charge booking fee to person committed
to local correctional facility.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to corrections; amending ORS 169.150.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 169.150 is amended to read:
  169.150. (1) The charges and expenses for safekeeping and
maintaining all persons duly committed to the local correctional
facility of the county for trial, sentenced to imprisonment in
the county local correctional facility, or committed for the
nonpayment of any fine or for any contempt, shall, unless
otherwise provided by law, be paid out of the treasury of the
county. The account of the keeper shall be first allowed by the
county court or board of county commissioners of the county from
which the prisoner was committed.
  (2) A city or, notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section
or any other provision of law, the county may charge persons
committed to the local correctional facility of the county or
city a reasonable { + :
  (a) + } Health care fee for any health care services,
medications and equipment provided to the person while committed
if the county or city:
    { - (a) - }   { + (A) + } Provides necessary medical care
regardless of the person's ability to pay;
    { - (b) - }   { + (B) + } Provides equal treatment to all
persons committed to the local correctional facility regardless
of a person's ability to pay;
    { - (c) - }   { + (C) + } Establishes a system that notifies
the person of the   { - fees - }   { + fee + } and what services
are covered; and
    { - (d) - }   { + (D) + } Establishes a grievance system that
allows a person to challenge the deduction of a fee from the
person's account.
   { +  (b) Fee, not to exceed the actual cost of booking the
person, including but not limited to the costs of fingerprinting
and photographing the person, if the county or city:
  (A) Fingerprints and photographs all persons regardless of a
person's ability to pay;
 
  (B) Provides equal treatment to all persons committed to the
local correctional facility regardless of a person's ability to
pay;
  (C) Establishes a system that notifies the person of the fee
and what the fee covers; and
  (D) Establishes a grievance system that allows a person to
challenge the deduction of the fee from the person's account. + }
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