74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 1044
 
                         Senate Bill 276
 
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  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Judiciary)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
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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 penalty for crime of riot to maximum of 10 years'
imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to crime; amending ORS 166.015.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 166.015 is amended to read:
  166.015. (1) A person commits the crime of riot if while
participating with five or more other persons the person engages
in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or
recklessly creates a grave risk of causing public alarm.
  (2) Riot is a Class   { - C - }   { + B + } felony.
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