75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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LC 2173
 
                         House Bill 2659
 
Sponsored by Representative OLSON, Senator MORSE; Representatives
  BERGER, BRUUN, ESQUIVEL, Senators FERRIOLI, KRUSE
 
 
                             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.
 
  Permits reimbursement of Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and
Data Review Committee members' expenses.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and Data Review
  Committee; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 131.906.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 131.906 is amended to read:
  131.906. (1) There is created the Law Enforcement Contacts
Policy and Data Review Committee consisting of 11 members
appointed by the Governor.
  (2) The purpose of the committee is to receive and analyze
demographic data to ensure that law enforcement agencies perform
their missions without inequitable or unlawful discrimination
based on race, color or national origin.
  (3) To achieve its purpose, the committee shall collect and
analyze demographic data to:
  (a) Provide information to assist communities and state and
local law enforcement agencies in evaluating the policies,
training and procedures of law enforcement agencies regarding the
treatment of individuals during stops and other contacts with law
enforcement;
  (b) Inform state and local law enforcement agencies and
communities about law enforcement practices; and
  (c) Provide opportunities for communities and state and local
law enforcement agencies to work together to increase public
trust and confidence in law enforcement and to enhance the
capacity of communities and law enforcement agencies to provide
more effective public safety services.
  (4) The committee shall:
  (a) Solicit demographic data concerning law enforcement stops
and other contacts between state and local law enforcement
agencies and individuals;
  (b) Publicize programs, procedures and policies from
communities that have made progress toward eliminating
discrimination based on race, color or national origin during law
enforcement stops and other contacts with individuals;
  (c) Provide technical assistance, including refinement of the
minimum data elements as necessary for effective analysis, to
 
state and local law enforcement agencies that desire to begin
collecting demographic data;
  (d) Provide technical assistance to communities and state and
local law enforcement agencies that desire to engage in local
efforts to involve individuals in the establishment and
implementation of programs, procedures and policies that will
advance the goal of ORS 131.905;
  (e) Obtain resources for independent analysis and
interpretation of demographic data collected by state or local
law enforcement agencies;
  (f) Accept and analyze demographic data collected by a state or
local law enforcement agency if requested by a state or local law
enforcement agency and if resources are available; and
  (g) Report to the public the results of analyses of demographic
data.
  (5) In carrying out its purpose, the committee may request and
receive data files from participating law enforcement agencies
and may analyze data for each reported contact. These data files
should contain as many of the following items of information as
are collected by the participating law enforcement agency:
  (a) The reason for the law enforcement stop or other contact;
  (b) The law enforcement officer's perception of the race, color
or national origin of the individual involved in the contact;
  (c) The individual's gender;
  (d) The individual's age;
  (e) Whether a search was conducted in connection with the
contact, and if so, what resulted from the search;
  (f) The disposition of the law enforcement action, if any,
resulting from the contact; and
  (g) Additional data as recommended by the committee that state
and local law enforcement agencies should collect and submit.
  (6) Data received by the committee for analysis under this
section may not identify a particular law enforcement officer or
a particular individual whose demographic data is collected by a
state or local law enforcement agency.
    { - (7) Members of the committee shall appoint a chairperson
from the members of the committee. Members of the committee are
not entitled to compensation or expenses and shall serve on the
committee on a volunteer basis. - }
   { +  (7) The committee shall elect one of its members to serve
as chairperson.
  (8) Members of the committee who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation, but may be
reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in
the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for
expenses incurred in performing functions of the committee shall
be paid out of funds appropriated to Portland State University
for purposes of the committee. + }
    { - (8) - }   { + (9) + } Portland State University shall
provide administrative support staff necessary to the performance
of the functions of the committee.
    { - (9) - }   { + (10) + } All agencies of state government,
as defined in ORS 174.111, are requested to assist the committee
in the performance of its duties and, to the extent permitted by
laws relating to confidentiality, to furnish such information and
advice as the members of the committee consider necessary to
perform their duties.
    { - (10) - }   { + (11) + } The committee shall make findings
and issue recommendations for action to achieve the purpose of
this section.  The committee shall submit a report containing its
findings and recommendations to the appropriate interim
legislative committees annually on or before December 1.
    { - (11) - }   { + (12) + } After completion of the analysis
of the data from at least two state or local law enforcement
 
agencies, the committee may recommend the collection of
additional data elements.
    { - (12) - }   { + (13) + } This section does not prohibit a
state or local law enforcement agency from collecting data in
addition to the information listed in subsection (5) of this
section.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 131.906 by section 1 of
this 2009 Act apply to expenses incurred on or after the
effective date of this 2009 Act. + }
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