72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 1536
 
                         Senate Bill 306
 
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.
 
  Changes mental state for crime of failure to appear from
intentional to knowing.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to crime; amending ORS 162.195 and 162.205.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 162.195 is amended to read:
  162.195. (1) A person commits the crime of failure to appear in
the second degree if the person   { - intentionally - }
 { + knowingly + } fails to appear as required after:
  (a) Having by court order been released from custody or a
correctional facility under a release agreement or security
release upon the condition that the person will subsequently
appear personally in connection with a charge against the person
of having committed a misdemeanor; or
  (b) Having been released from a correctional facility subject
to a forced release agreement under ORS 169.046 in connection
with a charge against the person of having committed a
misdemeanor.
  (2) Failure to appear in the second degree is a Class A
misdemeanor.
  SECTION 2. ORS 162.205 is amended to read:
  162.205. (1) A person commits the crime of failure to appear in
the first degree if the person   { - intentionally - }
 { + knowingly + } fails to appear as required after:
  (a) Having by court order been released from custody or a
correctional facility under a release agreement or security
release upon the condition that the person will subsequently
appear personally in connection with a charge against the person
of having committed a felony; or
  (b) Having been released from a correctional facility subject
to a forced release agreement under ORS 169.046 in connection
with a charge against the person of having committed a felony.
  (2) Failure to appear in the first degree is a Class C felony.
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