Chapter 946 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

HB 3591

Relating to crime; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 138.060.

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

SECTION 1. (1) A person commits the crime of interference with making a report if the person, by removing, damaging or interfering with a telephone line, telephone or similar communication equipment, intentionally prevents or hinders another person from making a report to a law enforcement agency, a law enforcement official, an agency charged with the duty of taking public safety reports or a 9-1-1 emergency reporting system.

(2) Interference with making a report is a Class A misdemeanor.

SECTION 2. ORS 138.060 is amended to read:

138.060. The state may take an appeal from the circuit court to the Court of Appeals from:

(1) An order made prior to trial dismissing or setting aside the accusatory instrument;

(2) An order arresting the judgment;

(3) An order made prior to trial suppressing evidence;

(4) An order made prior to trial for the return or restoration of things seized;

(5) A judgment of conviction based on the sentence as provided in ORS 138.222; [or]

(6) An order in a probation revocation hearing finding that a defendant who was sentenced to probation under ORS 137.712 has not violated a condition of probation by committing a new crime;

(7) An order made after a guilty finding dismissing or setting aside the accusatory instrument;

(8) An order granting a new trial; or

(9) An order dismissing an accusatory instrument under ORS 136.130.

Approved by the Governor August 16, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State August 16, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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