Bill Text: OR HB2910 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 2910 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to possession of a weapon by a corrections officer; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2910 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2910-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2927

                         House Bill 2910

Sponsored by Representative SMITH; Representatives BARKER,
  BARTON, BENTZ, CAMERON, ESQUIVEL, HICKS, HUFFMAN, JENSON,
  KRIEGER, MATTHEWS, THATCHER, WHISNANT, WHITSETT, Senators
  OLSEN, ROBLAN (at the request of AFSCME Corrections United,
  AFSCME, CN 75)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Allows corrections officer employed by Department of
Corrections to lawfully possess weapon in locked box in officer's
personal vehicle parked in department parking lot while officer
is present at department in official capacity.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to possession of a weapon by a corrections officer; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 166.360 to 166.380. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Notwithstanding ORS 166.370, a corrections
officer as defined in ORS 181.610 who is employed by the
Department of Corrections may possess a weapon in the officer's
personal vehicle parked in a department parking lot if the
officer:
  (1) Is present in the officer's official capacity at a public
building occupied by the department;
  (2) Has a valid concealed handgun license issued pursuant to
ORS 166.291; and
  (3) Has locked the weapon in a gun box inside the vehicle. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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