Chapter 187 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

SB 75

Relating to citizen review boards; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. (1) Subject to the availability of funds, a local citizen review board shall review cases of youth offenders in the custody of the Oregon Youth Authority and placed in substitute care. The local citizen review board shall focus on public safety, youth offender accountability and reformation in conducting the reviews.

(2) No later than July 1, 1999, the Judicial Department and the Oregon Youth Authority shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement regarding the reviews conducted under subsection (1) of this section. The intergovernmental agreement must outline the:

(a) Timing of the reviews;

(b) Participants to be invited to the reviews; and

(c) Process to be followed in conducting the reviews.

(3) The agreement must specify that the reviews be conducted, at a minimum, at key transition points in a case. Key transition points include, but are not limited to, the initial placement of the youth offender and the point at which the youth offender is preparing to leave substitute care.

(4) The local citizen review board shall forward findings and recommendations generated at a review under subsection (1) of this section to the court and any other parties designated in the agreement under subsection (2) of this section. The court shall cause the findings and recommendations to become part of the juvenile court file for consideration by the juvenile court judge.

SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 1999 Act is repealed on December 31, 2001.

SECTION 3. This 1999 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 1999 Act takes effect on its passage.

Approved by the Governor May 5, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 5, 1999

Effective date May 5, 1999

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