Item 3: Ratification of Unanimous IGR Actions and Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Actions

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the bill. As it is written, however, I believe it has significant negative impacts on the City oppose the bill unless amended for this type of contracting, so I recommend we . SB 0731 Relating Clause: Relating to deoxyribonucleic acid; declaring an emergency. Title: Modifies obligation of custodian of evidence to preserve biological evidence related to certain crimes. Sponsored by: By COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0700.dir/sb0731.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Chuck Tilby EPD-ADM 2/28/2011 Pri 2 Support Comments: This bill repeals a sunset of a requirement to retain DNA evidence for an extended period of time. 5 crimes (agg murder, murder, rape 1, sodomy 1 and sexual penetration 1) requires 60 year retention, or suspect death. Aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter 1 and 2, until sentence is served. If no person is arrested, only need to keep evidence until statute of limitations runs. This bill also requires that the DA authorize requests to destroy the evidence. They will be required to communicate the pending destruction to people involved and they will have the ability to object and get the decision reviewed through due process. This bill was a product of work done by sponsors and the association representing police evidence custodians. SB 0770 Relating Clause: Relating to public contracting preferences for Oregon residents; declaring an emergency. Title: Requires contracting agency in certain circumstances to give preference to Oregon residents that bid on public contracts. Sponsored by: By COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT, CONSUMER AND SMALL BUSINESS PROTECTION URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0700.dir/sb0770.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Jamie Garner CS-FIN 2/22/2011 Pri 3 Oppose Oppose unless amended Comments: to remove the tax calculation stipulation. This bill would require that agencies, when calculating the lowest bid, utilize either the reciprocal preference law (which is the current process) or add a straight 5% on to the bid of any non-resident bidder. From a purchasing perspective, standardizing to 5% preference has its benefits, namely that it is much easier to decipher than using the Department of Administrative Services chart to check the preference for other states. Other state 19 | Page March 9, 2011 IGR Committee Meeting