74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 90
 
                         House Bill 2302
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Judiciary)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Expands duties of Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Oregon Criminal Justice Commission; amending ORS
  137.656.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 137.656 is amended to read:
  137.656. (1) The purpose of the Oregon Criminal Justice
Commission is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of
state and local criminal justice systems by providing a
centralized and impartial forum for statewide policy development
and planning.
  (2) The primary duty of the commission is to develop and
maintain a state criminal justice policy and comprehensive,
long-range plan for a coordinated state criminal justice system
that encompasses public safety, offender accountability, crime
reduction and prevention and offender treatment and
rehabilitation. The plan must include, but need not be limited
to, recommendations regarding:
  (a) Capacity, utilization and type of state and local prison
and jail facilities;
  (b) Implementation of community corrections programs;
  (c) Alternatives to the use of prison and jail facilities;
  (d) Appropriate use of existing facilities and programs;
  (e) Whether additional or different facilities and programs are
necessary;
  (f) Methods of assessing the effectiveness of juvenile and
adult correctional programs, devices and sanctions in reducing
future criminal conduct by juvenile and adult offenders; and
  (g) Methods of reducing the risk of future criminal conduct.
  (3) Other duties of the commission are:
  (a) To conduct joint studies by agreement with other state
agencies, boards or commissions on any matter within the
jurisdiction of the commission.
  (b) To provide Oregon criminal justice analytical and
statistical information to federal agencies and serve as a
clearinghouse and information center for the collection,
preparation, analysis and dissemination  { + of information + }
on state and local sentencing practices.
  (c) To provide technical assistance and support to local public
safety coordinating councils.
  (d) To receive grant applications to start or expand drug court
programs as defined in ORS 3.450, to make rules to govern the
grant process and to award grant funds according to the rules.
   { +  (e) When a state corrections population forecast issued
under ORS 184.351 indicates that the inmate population will
exceed available prison capacity within two years of the date of
the forecast, to identify specific options for reducing the
number of prison admissions or for adjusting sentence lengths for
specific groups of offenders and to analyze the effect of each
option. The commission shall include in the analysis of each
option an assessment of the option's effect on the overall prison
population and on public safety and costs. In preparing the
analysis, the commission shall review research regarding the
effectiveness of each option and the experience of other states.
No later than three months after receiving a forecast under ORS
184.351 that initiates the process described in this paragraph,
the commission shall submit a report containing the analyses
required by this paragraph to the Governor and the legislative
committees with jurisdiction over criminal sentencing issues and
Department of Corrections policies.
  (f) At the request of the Governor or a legislative committee
with jurisdiction over criminal sentencing issues and Department
of Corrections policies, to initiate and complete an analysis of
sentencing policy adjustments not otherwise evaluated by the
commission. + }
  (4) The commission shall establish by rule the information that
must be submitted under ORS 137.010 (9) and the methods for
submitting the information. A rule adopted under this subsection
must be approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court before
it takes effect.
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