75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 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 1088
 
                         House Bill 2320
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Judiciary for American Federation of State, County, and
  Municipal Employees)
 
 
                             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 corrections officers have powers and authority of
peace officers while acting within scope of employment.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to peace officer status for corrections officers;
  creating new provisions; and amending ORS 423.076.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Corrections officers, as defined in ORS
181.610, while acting within the scope of employment, have all
the powers and authority given by law to peace officers of this
state. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 423.076 is amended to read:
  423.076.   { - (1) The Director of the Department of
Corrections may grant to an individual corrections officer or
classification of corrections officer all the powers and
authority of a peace officer over inmates. - }
    { - (2) - }  { +  (1) + } A corrections officer   { - granted
the authority of a peace officer under subsection (1) of this
section shall have - }  { +  has + } the authority to:
  (a) Prevent an escape from the grounds of a correctional
facility by an inmate; and
  (b) Go beyond the grounds of a correctional facility to:
  (A) Pursue an inmate if the inmate is in the act of escaping
from a correctional facility;
  (B) Search for an inmate if the inmate is in the act of
escaping from a correctional facility; and
  (C) Recapture an inmate if the inmate is in the act of escaping
from a correctional facility.
    { - (3) A corrections officer who has been granted the
authority of a peace officer under subsection (1) of this section
shall retain the authority until the law enforcement agency
having general jurisdiction over the area in which the escape or
attempted escape of the inmate took place assumes responsibility
for recapture of the inmate. - }
    { - (4) - }  { +  (2) + } The Department of Corrections shall
inform the appropriate law enforcement agency of an escape or
attempted escape of an inmate as soon as is reasonably
practicable.
    { - (5) - }  { +  (3) + } As used in this section, 'inmate'
means a person sentenced to a period of incarceration in a prison
or other correctional facility until such time as a lawful
release authority authorizes the release of the person.
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