Bill Text: OR HB3273 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to address on Department of Transportation records.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-09 - Chapter 297, (2011 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2012. [HB3273 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3273-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 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 3449

                         House Bill 3273

Sponsored by Representative WINGARD; Representatives BAILEY,
  BARKER, BARNHART, BENTZ, BERGER, BOONE, BREWER, CAMERON, CLEM,
  CONGER, DOHERTY, ESQUIVEL, FREDERICK, FREEMAN, GARRARD,
  GARRETT, GELSER, GILLIAM, HANNA, HARKER, HOLVEY, HOYLE,
  HUFFMAN, HUNT, JENSON, JOHNSON, KENNEMER, KOMP, KOTEK, KRIEGER,
  LINDSAY, MATTHEWS, MCLANE, NOLAN, OLSON, PARRISH, ROBLAN,
  SCHAUFLER, SHEEHAN, G SMITH, SPRENGER, THATCHER, THOMPSON,
  TOMEI, WAND, WEIDNER, WHISNANT, WITT (at the request of Vicki
  Jeffries Bilton)

                             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 household member to continue to use confidential address
on records maintained by Department of Transportation for up to
four years after eligible employee or corrections officer is
killed in line of duty.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to address on Department of Transportation records;
  creating new provisions; and amending ORS 802.250 and 802.253.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 802.250 is amended to read:
  802.250. (1) An eligible public employee may request that any
driver or vehicle record kept by the Department of Transportation
that contains or is required to contain the eligible employee's
residence address contain instead the address of the public
agency employing the eligible employee. A request under this
section shall:
  (a) Be in a form specified by the department that provides for
verification of the eligible employee's employment.
  (b) Contain verification by the employing public agency of the
eligible employee's employment with the public agency.
  (2) Upon receipt of a request and verification under subsection
(1) of this section, the department shall remove the eligible
employee's residence address from its records, if necessary, and
substitute therefor the address of the public agency employing
the eligible employee. The department shall indicate on the
records that the address shown is an employment address. While
the request is in effect, the eligible employee may enter the
address of the public agency employing the eligible employee on
any driver or vehicle form issued by the department that requires
an address.
  (3) A public agency that verifies an eligible employee's
employment under subsection (1) of this section shall notify the
department within 30 days if the eligible employee ceases to be
employed by the public agency. The eligible employee shall notify
the department of a change of address as provided in ORS 803.220
or 807.560.
   { +  (4) If an eligible employee is killed in the line of
duty, a person who is a household member of the eligible employee
may request that any driver or vehicle record kept by the
department that contains or is required to contain the eligible
employee's residence address continue to contain the address of
the public agency that employed the eligible employee for up to
four years after the date of the death of the eligible employee.
On or before the date on which the four-year period ends, the
household member shall notify the department of a change of
address as provided in ORS 803.220 or 807.560. A request under
this subsection shall be in a form specified by the
department. + }
    { - (4) - }   { + (5) + } As used in this section, 'eligible
employee ' means:
  (a) A member of the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison
Supervision.
  (b) The Director of the Department of Corrections and an
employee of an institution defined in ORS 421.005 as Department
of Corrections institutions, whose duties, as assigned by the
superintendent, include the custody of persons committed to the
custody of or transferred to the institution.
  (c) A parole and probation officer employed by the Department
of Corrections and an employee of the Department of Corrections
Release Center whose duties, as assigned by the Chief of the
Release Center, include the custody of persons committed to the
custody of or transferred to the Release Center.
  (d) A police officer appointed under ORS 276.021 or 276.023.
  (e) An employee of the State Department of Agriculture who is
classified as a brand inspector by the Director of Agriculture.
  (f) An investigator of the Criminal Justice Division of the
Department of Justice.
  (g) A corrections officer as defined in ORS 181.610.
  (h) A federal officer. As used in this paragraph, 'federal
officer' means a special agent or law enforcement officer
employed by:
  (A) The Federal Bureau of Investigation;
  (B) The United States Secret Service;
  (C) The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services;
  (D) The United States Marshals Service;
  (E) The Drug Enforcement Administration;
  (F) The United States Postal Service;
  (G) The United States Customs and Border Protection;
  (H) The United States General Services Administration;
  (I) The United States Department of Agriculture;
  (J) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
  (K) The Internal Revenue Service;
  (L) The United States Department of the Interior; or
  (M) Any federal agency if the person is empowered to effect an
arrest with or without warrant for violations of the United
States Code and is authorized to carry firearms in the
performance of duty.
  (i) An employee of the Department of Human Services or the
Oregon Health Authority whose duties include personal contact
with clients or patients of the department or the authority.
  (j) Any judge of a court of this state.
  (k) An employee of the Oregon Youth Authority whose duties
include personal contact with persons committed to the legal or
physical custody of the authority.
  (L) A district attorney, as defined in ORS 131.005, or deputy
district attorney.
  (m) An employee who provides educational services to persons
who are clients or patients of the Department of Human Services
or the Oregon Health Authority, who are under the jurisdiction of
the Psychiatric Security Review Board or who are under the
custody or supervision of the Department of Corrections, the
State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision, a community
corrections agency, the Oregon Youth Authority or a juvenile
department. As used in this paragraph, 'employee who provides
educational services' means a person who provides instruction, or
services related to the instruction, of a subject usually taught
in an elementary school, a secondary school or a community
college or who provides special education and related services in
other than a school setting and who works for:
  (A) An education service district or a community college
district; or
  (B) A state officer, board, commission, bureau, department or
division in the executive branch of state government that
provides educational services.
  (n) An employee of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission who is:
  (A) An inspector;
  (B) An investigator; or
  (C) A regulatory manager.
  (o) A police officer as defined in ORS 801.395.
  SECTION 2. ORS 802.253 is amended to read:
  802.253. (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Correctional facility' means an institution used for the
confinement of persons convicted of a criminal offense or held by
court order.
  (b) 'Corrections officer' means a person employed in a
correctional facility, wherever it may be located, who primarily
performs the duty of custody, control or supervision of
individuals convicted of a criminal offense.
  (2) A corrections officer, who is a resident of Oregon but is
employed in a correctional facility located in a state other than
Oregon, may request that any driver or vehicle record kept by the
Department of Transportation that contains or is required to
contain the corrections officer's residence address contain
instead the address of the correctional facility employing the
corrections officer. A request under this subsection must:
  (a) Be in a form specified by the department that includes
designation of the Oregon county of residence.
  (b) Contain verification of employment as determined adequate
by the department to establish eligibility for this service.
  (3) Upon receipt of a request and verification under this
section, the department shall remove the corrections officer's
residence address from its records, if necessary, and substitute
the address of the correctional facility employing the
corrections officer. The department shall indicate on the records
that the address shown is an employment address. While the
request is in effect, the corrections officer may enter the
address of the correctional facility employing the corrections
officer on any driver or vehicle form issued by the department
that requires an address.
  (4) If the corrections officer ceases to be employed in the
correctional facility, the corrections officer shall notify the
department of a change of address as provided in ORS 803.220 or
807.560.
   { +  (5) If a corrections officer is killed in the line of
duty, a person who is a household member of the corrections
officer may request that any driver or vehicle record kept by the
department that contains or is required to contain the
corrections officer's residence address continue to contain the
address of the public agency that employed the corrections
officer for up to four years after the date of the death of the
corrections officer. On or before the date on which the four-year
period ends, the household member shall notify the department of
a change of address as provided in ORS 803.220 or 807.560. A
request under this subsection shall be in a form specified by the
department. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + The amendments to ORS 802.250 and 802.253 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act apply to eligible employees and
corrections officers killed in the line of duty before, on or
after the effective date of this 2011 Act. + }
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