Chapter 646 Oregon Laws 2007

AN ACT

HB 2622

Relating to the Oregon Youth Authority; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 243.736.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 243.736 is amended to read:

243.736. (1) It [shall be] is unlawful for any [emergency telephone worker, parole and probation officer who supervises adult offenders, police officer, firefighter or guard at a correctional institution or mental hospital] of the following public employees to strike or recognize a picket line of a labor organization while in the performance of official duties:

(a) Emergency telephone worker;

(b) Employee of the Oregon Youth Authority who has custody, control or supervision of youth offenders;

(c) Firefighter;

(d) Guard at a correctional institution or mental hospital;

(e) Parole and probation officer who supervises adult offenders; and

(f) Police officer.

(2) As used in this section, “emergency telephone worker” means a person whose official focal duties are receiving information through a 9-1-1 emergency reporting system under ORS 401.710 to 401.816, relaying [such] the information to public or private safety agencies or dispatching emergency equipment or personnel in response to [such] the information.

SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS 243.736 by section 1 of this 2007 Act apply only to collective bargaining agreements that involve employees of the Oregon Youth Authority who have custody, control or supervision of youth offenders and that are entered into or extended on or after the effective date of this 2007 Act.

Approved by the Governor June 26, 2007

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 27, 2007

Effective date January 1, 2008

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