Chapter 1100 Oregon Laws
1999
Session Law
AN ACT
HB 3304
Relating to driving
offenses.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 1999 Act is added to and
made a part of ORS chapter 809.
SECTION 2. (1) A motor vehicle may be seized and
forfeited if the person operating the vehicle is arrested or issued a citation
for driving while under the influence of intoxicants in violation of ORS
813.010 and the person, within three years prior to the arrest or issuance of
the citation, has been convicted of or forfeited bail or security for:
(a) Driving while under the
influence of intoxicants in violation of ORS 813.010, or its statutory
counterpart in another jurisdiction; or
(b) Murder, manslaughter,
criminally negligent homicide or assault that resulted from the operation of a
motor vehicle in this state or in another jurisdiction.
(2) All seizure and
forfeiture proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with
ORS chapter 475A.
SECTION 3. (1) The seizure and forfeiture provisions
of section 2 of this 1999 Act do not preempt a city or county ordinance enacted
and in effect on June 22, 1999, relating to forfeiture of a motor vehicle
operated by a person described in section 2 of this 1999 Act.
(2) The seizure and
forfeiture provisions of section 2 of this 1999 Act do not preempt a city with
a population exceeding 400,000 or a county with a population exceeding 500,000
from enacting, on or before January 1, 2000, an ordinance relating to seizure
and forfeiture of a motor vehicle operated by a person described in section 2
of this 1999 Act.
(3) Notwithstanding
subsections (1) and (2) of this section, seizure and forfeiture procedures in a
city or county ordinance relating to seizure and forfeiture of a motor vehicle
operated by a person described in section 2 of this 1999 Act shall be in
accordance with ORS chapter 475A.
Approved by the Governor
September 3, 1999
Filed in the office of the
Secretary of State September 3, 1999
Effective date October 23,
1999
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