75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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LC 3498
 
                         House Bill 3371
 
Sponsored by Representative J SMITH
 
 
                             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.
 
  Creates Task Force on Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana.
Requires task force to submit report and any recommendations to
interim legislative committee on crime by October 1, 2010.
  Sunsets task force on date of convening of next regular
biennial legislative session.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to driving under the influence of marijuana; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) There is created the Task Force on Driving
Under the Influence of Marijuana, consisting of four members
appointed as follows:
  (a) The Superintendent of State Police shall appoint:
  (A) One member from the Department of State Police who is
knowledgeable about controlled substances; and
  (B) One member from sheriffs recommended by the Oregon State
Sheriffs' Association who is knowledgeable about controlled
substances.
  (b) The Director of Human Services shall appoint two members
from the Department of Human Services who are knowledgeable about
controlled substances.
  (2) The task force shall:
  (a) Study methods of determining whether a person is under the
influence of marijuana; and
  (b) Determine whether a roadside test can rapidly and
qualitatively detect whether a person is driving under the
influence of marijuana.
  (3) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business.
  (4) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the members of the task force.
  (5) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
  (6) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing
authority shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective.
  (7) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of
the task force.
  (8) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
  (9) The task force shall submit a report, and may include
recommendations for legislation, to an interim legislative
committee on crime no later than October 1, 2010.
  (10) The Department of State Police shall provide staff support
to the task force.
  (11) Members of the task force 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 shall be paid out of funds
appropriated to the Department of State Police for purposes of
the task force.
  (12) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force 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 task force consider necessary to perform their
duties. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2009 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the next regular biennial legislative
session. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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