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 2549
 
                         Senate Bill 507
 
Sponsored by Senator C STARR
 
 
                             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.
 
  Increases length of time person may be released on transitional
leave from correctional institution.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to corrections; creating new provisions; and amending
  ORS 421.168 and 421.510.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 421.168 is amended to read:
  421.168. (1) The Director of the Department of Corrections
shall establish by rule a   { - short-term - }  transitional
leave program.  The program shall provide inmates with an
opportunity to secure appropriate transitional support when
necessary for successful reintegration into the community prior
to the inmate's discharge to post-prison supervision.
  (2) An inmate may submit a transition plan to the Department of
Corrections. The plan shall indicate that the inmate has secured
an employment, educational or other transitional opportunity in
the community to which the offender will be released and that a
leave of up to   { - 30 - }  { +  180 + } days is an essential
part of the offender's successful reintegration into the
community.
  (3) Upon verification of the inmate's transition plan, the
department may grant a transitional leave no more than
 { - 30 - }  { +  180 + } days prior to the inmate's discharge
date.
  (4) No inmate shall be eligible for transitional leave before
having served six months of prison incarceration.
  (5) The department shall establish by rule a set of release
conditions for offenders released on transitional leave status.
An offender on transitional leave status shall be subject to
immediate return to prison for any violation of the conditions of
release.
  (6) The provisions of this section do not apply to inmates
whose sentences were imposed under ORS 137.635.
  SECTION 2. ORS 421.510 is amended to read:
  421.510. Offenders participating in the program are eligible
for transitional leave as provided in ORS 421.168.
  { - Notwithstanding the 30-day maximum period allowed in ORS
421.168, the Department of Corrections may grant a transitional
leave of up to 90 days for an offender in the program. The
 
offender may not be released on transitional leave more than 90
days prior to the offender's discharge date. - }
  SECTION 3.  { + The amendments to ORS 421.168 and 421.510 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2003 Act apply to persons sentenced to a
term of incarceration in a Department of Corrections institution
before, on or after the effective date of this 2003 Act. + }
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