Section 137.685 – Racial and ethnic impact statements for state measures; hearing.
(1)(a) Upon written request from a member of the Legislative Assembly from each major political party, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall prepare a racial and ethnic impact statement for a state measure that is related to crime and likely to have an effect on the criminal justice system. (b) The racial and ethnic impact […]
Section 137.682 – Innovative Grant Fund.
The Innovative Grant Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission for the purposes of making grants as part of the Innovative Grant Program described in ORS 137.681. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated […]
Section 137.683 – Racial and ethnic impact statements for proposed legislation; rules.
(1) As used in this section, “criminal offender population” means all persons who are convicted of a crime or adjudicated for an act that, if committed by an adult, would constitute a crime. (2)(a) Upon written request from a member of the Legislative Assembly from each major political party, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall […]
Section 137.669 – Guidelines control sentences; mandatory sentences.
The guidelines adopted under ORS 137.667, together with any amendments, supplements or repealing provisions, shall control the sentences for all crimes committed after the effective date of such guidelines. Except as provided in ORS 137.637 and 137.671, the incarcerative guidelines and any other guidelines so designated by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall be mandatory […]
Section 137.671 – Authority of court to impose sentence outside guidelines.
(1) The court may impose a sentence outside the presumptive sentence or sentence range made presumptive under ORS 137.669 for a specific offense if it finds there are substantial and compelling reasons justifying a deviation from the presumptive sentence. (2) Whenever the court imposes a sentence outside the presumptive sentence it shall set forth the […]
Section 137.672 – Aggravating factor sentencing rules relating to gender identity of victim.
The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, in the rules of the commission concerning sentencing departure factors, shall include gender identity as defined in ORS 166.155 as a characteristic of the victim constituting an aggravating factor when the characteristic was the motivation, entirely or in part, for the commission of the crime. [2019 c.553 §4] Note: 137.672 […]
Section 137.673 – Validity of rules.
Rules adopted by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall not be declared invalid solely because of irregularities in procedural rulemaking, including but not limited to the provisions of ORS 183.335 or 183.400 (4)(c). [1989 c.790 §73; 1995 c.420 §9; 2001 c.220 §2; 2005 c.382 §3] Note: See note under 137.651.
Section 137.674 – Use of force data analysis; report to legislature.
The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall analyze data from the National Use-of-Force Data Collection operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and report annually in the manner provided in ORS 192.245 to an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly on the analysis. [2021 c.625 §2] Note: 137.674 was enacted into law by […]
Section 137.676 – Development of method for district attorneys to record and report bias-related crime data; rules.
(1)(a) No later than July 1, 2020, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, in consultation with the Oregon District Attorneys Association and the Department of State Police, shall develop and implement a standardized method for district attorneys to record the data described in subsection (2) of this section and report the data to the commission. (b) […]
Section 137.678 – Analysis of bias-related crime and incident data; annual report; rules.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Bias crime” means the commission, attempted commission or alleged commission of an offense described in ORS 166.155 or 166.165. (b) “Bias incident” means a person’s hostile expression of animus toward another person, relating to the other person’s perceived race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national […]