74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 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 350
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2241
                   Ordered by the House May 2
             Including House Amendments dated May 2
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Corrections)
 
 
                             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.
 
    { - Grants Department of Corrections discretion in
determining form of special alternative incarceration
program. - }   { + Requires special alternative incarceration
program established by Department of Corrections to reflect
evidence-based practices and include component of intensive
self-discipline, physical work and physical exercise. Grants
department discretion regarding inclusion of drug and alcohol
treatment component in special alternative incarceration
program. + } Extends duration of special alternative
incarceration program.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to corrections; amending ORS 421.504; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 421.504 is amended to read:
  421.504. (1) The Department of Corrections, in consultation
with the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, shall establish a
special alternative incarceration program stressing a highly
structured and regimented routine. The program:
    { - (a) Shall be based on a military basic training model
that includes extensive discipline, physical work, physical
exercise and military drill; - }
   { +  (a) Shall reflect evidence-based practices;
  (b) Shall include a component of intensive self-discipline,
physical work and physical exercise; + }
    { - (b) - }   { + (c) + } Shall provide for cognitive
restructuring in conformance with generally accepted
rehabilitative standards;
    { - (c) - }   { + (d) + }   { - Shall - }   { + May + }
include a drug and alcohol treatment component that meets the
standards promulgated by the Department of Human Services
pursuant to ORS 430.357; and
    { - (d) - }   { + (e) + } Shall be   { - no longer than - }
 { +  at least + } 270 days' duration.
  (2) The department shall provide capital improvements and
capital construction necessary for the implementation of the
program.
  (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the
department may convert the special alternative incarceration
program required by this section into an intensive alternative
incarceration addiction program as described in ORS 421.506 if
the department determines that the needs of offenders in the
department's custody would be better served by an intensive
alternative incarceration addiction program than by the special
alternative incarceration program.
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2007 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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