72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 1539
 
                         Senate Bill 303
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (at the request of Oregon
  District Attorneys 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 domestic violence to be pleaded and proved as element of
crime involving domestic violence.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to domestic violence.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'domestic violence
' has the meaning given that term in ORS 135.230.
  (2) When a crime involves domestic violence, the accusatory
instrument may plead, and the prosecution may prove at trial,
domestic violence as an element of the crime. When a crime is so
pleaded, the words 'constituting domestic violence' may be added
to the title of the crime. + }
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