Revises requirements for membership on State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Extends statute of limitations for certain sex crimes. Authorizes prosecution at any time after commission of crime if defendant identified based on DNA analysis. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes criteria for determining existence or lack of new ground water use impairment or interference with water right having earlier priority date.
Expands eligibility of Certificate of Good Standing to include persons convicted of person felony or person Class A misdemeanor. Requires court to provide copy of petition for certificate to district attorney. Provides that, in negligence actions against landlord for renting or leasing to specific tenant, fact that tenant has valid Certificate of Good Standing creates rebuttable presumption that landlord was not negligent. Prohibits denial of license, permit, registration, certificate or other qualification to engage in practice of profession, occupation or business, or preclusion from volunteering in school, based solely on prior criminal conviction if person has Certificate of Good Standing.
Requires Oregon transparency website to contain itemized information about state agency advertising expenditures.
Modifies procedure for expunction of juvenile records. Directs juvenile court to automatically initiate expunction proceeding upon dismissal of juvenile case. Directs juvenile court to automatically order expunction of juvenile adjudication records if no fewer than two years have elapsed since termination, person has not been subject to subsequent delinquency adjudication or criminal conviction and no proceedings are pending against person. Exempts certain offenses from automatic mandatory expunction. Directs juvenile court to initiate discretionary expunction proceedings for cases not eligible for automatic mandatory expunction if no fewer than two years have elapsed since most recent termination, person has not been subject to subsequent delinquency adjudication or criminal conviction and no proceedings are pending against person. Exempts certain offenses from automatic discretionary expunction. Permits persons to apply for expunction of juvenile records related to acts that would have constituted Class A felony if committed by adult if no fewer than five years have elapsed since most recent termination, person has not been subject to subsequent delinquency adjudication or criminal conviction and no proceedings are pending against person. Requires notice of discretionary expunction proceeding to be sent to person whose records are subject of proceeding and district attorney. Directs district attorney to provide notice to victim. Permits district attorney to object to expunction application. Requires court to hold expunction hearing on any objections. Directs State Court Administrator to study and make recommendations on updating provisions of state law relating to records of juvenile adjudications to align Oregon law with American Bar Association's model Act governing confidentiality of juvenile delinquency records.
Provides that employee of public employer is liable to employer for wages paid to employee during period of administrative leave if employee was placed on leave as result of allegation that employee engaged in criminal conduct and if employee is thereafter convicted of crime by reason of conduct.
Extends by five years certain provisions that allow nonresident students to attend public schools as resident students for purposes of State School Fund distributions. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Allows certain planned communities to deposit their funds into local government investment pool managed by State Treasurer. Becomes operative on effective date of rules adopted by State Treasurer or January 1, 2026, whichever is earlier.
Modifies crime of promoting prostitution to include knowingly recruiting, persuading or encouraging, or attempting to recruit, persuade or encourage, another person to engage in prostitution. Punishes by maximum of 5 years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
