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will have an impact on jail population, but very little because most of these defendants do <br />jail time anyway. <br />Adding the Attorney General to DA's for filing civil cases is a current focus of the new <br />Attorney General. This is probably a good addition because DA's tend not to file the civil <br />litigation if the standard of proof for the criminal case is not met. This gives victims <br />another avenue of obtaining justice. I don't know why one would limit the liability to <br />$250,000. <br />Section 5 of this bill is a minor problem because it mandates us to report now to the Dept <br />of Justice and State Police. As long as it's just crime statistics it is a minor impact. <br />However, that whole ORS is problematic already because it asks for reporting of <br />information we do not collect. But that is not addressed in this bill. <br />We are good with the recommended Pri 2 Support <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Jerry Lidz CS-CMO-ATTY 2/13/2011 Pri 2 Support <br /> <br />Comments: Although I think the bill's merits are largely symbolic, sometimes symbolism is valuable. <br />My only substantial reservation about the bill is that a $250,000 civil penalty, on top of <br />any actual damages, is excessive. I defer to Emmy's and Holly's recommendation on <br />priority. <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Holly LeMasurier CS-CMO 2/10/2011 Pri 2 Support <br /> <br />Comments: This is the HB version of SB 0044 already brought to IGR 2/9/11. <br />City Council goal: Safe community <br />Current City Manager focus on hate crimes response, significant leadership efforts among <br />Eugene's public agencies <br />This action is aligned with recommendations of our recently implemented City of Eugene <br />Hate Response (stronger sentencing; monitoring and reporting) <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Emmy Jenson CS-CMO 2/9/2011 Pri 2 Support <br /> <br />Comments: We support the renaming of crimes of intimidation as hate crimes to strengthen the City <br />of Eugene's commitment to denounce hate, intolerance and bias activities as per <br />Resolution No.5013 adopted by Council July 26. 2010. <br />House Bill 3152 increases law enforcement's ability to impose terms of incarceration, <br />allows for civil action based on commission of hate crime, and directs law enforcement to <br />monitor and report statistics to the Department of Justice. <br />HB 3184 <br />Relating Clause: Relating to public notices. <br />4 <br />