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IGR BILL REPORT MARCH 9, 2011 / IGR COMMITTEE MEETING CITY OF EUGENE HB 3034 Relating Clause: Relating to jury service. Title: Provides that judge or clerk of court may not defer jury service for person more than once unless person seeks deferral for specified emergency and person could not have anticipated circumstances when first deferral was granted. Sponsored by: By Representatives OLSON, SCHAUFLER URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3000.dir/hb3034.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Jeff Perry CS-MUNI 2/23/2011 Pri 2 Oppose Comments: Bill greatly limits judge's discretion in granting jury service deferrals for defendants. Bill would likely create a hardship on many individuals because their situation may not fit exactly within the conditions of the proposed bill. Judge would no longer have the discretion to decide what is reasonable. HB 3249 Relating Clause: Relating to the Oregon Officer Down Advisory Plan; declaring an emergency. Title: Directs Department of State Police to coordinate establishment and implementation of Oregon Office Down Advisory Plan pursuant to which alert must be issued in certain circumstances when law enforcement officer is killed or seriously injured by suspect in course of officer’s duty. Sponsored by: By Representative WHISNANT URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3200.dir/hb3249.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Chuck Tilby EPD-ADM 2/24/2011 Pri 3 Support Comments: This mirrors Amber Alerts, only for cases where police officers are killed or seriously injured. This is a good system that is largely underutilized in the state because there aren't many cases that apply (fortunately). Having other high impact cases apply to this method of getting information out makes sense. The reason that a police officer killing might apply where a citizen killing may not is found in the mechanism where officers are killed. Most of the time there is no relationship between the actor and the officer, so normal avenues of investigation are not usually fruitful. Therefore, having the ability to get information to the public in an efficient way is more meaningful in these cases. In most homicides, there is an established relationship between the victim and suspect, so normal 1 | Page March 9, 2011 IGR Committee Meeting