75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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LC 3056
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2664
                  Ordered by the House April 20
            Including House Amendments dated April 20
 
Sponsored by Representative OLSON, Senator PROZANSKI
 
 
                             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.
 
  Grants Oregon Criminal Justice Commission authority to apply
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administer grants to carry out duties of commission   { - and
enter into contracts for certain purposes. Exempts contracts from
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                        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;
  (g) Methods of reducing the risk of future criminal conduct;
and
  (h) The effective utilization of local public safety
coordinating councils.
  (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.
  (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.
   { +  (5) The commission may:
  (a) Apply for and receive gifts and grants from any public or
private source.
  (b) Award grants from funds appropriated by the Legislative
Assembly to the commission or from funds otherwise available from
any other source, for the purpose of carrying out the duties of
the commission.
  (c) Adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this
subsection. + }
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