74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2985
 
                         Senate Bill 682
 
Sponsored by Senator PROZANSKI (at the request of Oregon Juvenile
  Department Directors Association)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Provides that county, and officers and employees of county, are
immune from criminal and civil liability for release of juvenile
detainees when county's juvenile detention facilities exceed
capacity limit.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to juvenile detention facilities; amending ORS 419A.055.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 419A.055 is amended to read:
  419A.055. The county court or board of commissioners of a
county may institute an examination of the county's juvenile
detention   { - facility - }  { +  facilities + } and establish
 { - its - }  { +  a  + }capacity  { +  limit for those
facilities + } in accordance with constitutional standards. If a
county court or board of commissioners adopts a capacity limit
and that limit is exceeded, the county, through the juvenile
department director, shall immediately notify the judge of the
juvenile court who shall authorize the release of a sufficient
number of detainees to reduce the population of the detention
 { - facility - }  { +  facilities + } to the established
capacity { +  limit + }.   { +  The county, and all officers and
employees of the county, are immune from criminal and civil
liability for the release of detainees under this section. + }
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