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<br /> <br />SB 0708 <br /> <br />Relating Clause: Relating to the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. <br /> <br />Title: Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop system by which certain law enforcement employees <br />may determine whether person is medical marijuana registry identification cardholder or <br />designated primary caregiver of cardholder or whether location is authorized marijuana grow site. <br /> <br />Sponsored by: By Senator ATKINSON <br /> <br />URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0700.dir/sb0708.intro.pdf <br /> <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Chuck Tilby EPD-ADM 3/5/2011 Pri 3 Support <br /> <br />Comments: See HB 3129 comments: This law is a step in the right direction of untangling a web of <br />information that requires us to ask "just the right" question of the authority, especially as it relates <br />to grow sites. It would be better if we have language that prohibits the authority from disclosing <br />the existence of a law enforcement request or subpoena. The impact of this law on CoE is to <br />provide a mechanism to obtain the correct information regarding grow sites, thus being better <br />able to triage cases. A majority of tips received from citizens are regarding marijuana growers <br />that appear to be going beyond the law. This bill potentially saves many hours of background <br />work. At the least, it would help identify growers that are out of compliance on a large scale, <br />focusing our efforts on the most egregious offenders. <br /> <br /> <br />SB 0728 <br /> <br />Relating Clause: Relating to corrections; declaring an emergency. <br /> <br />Title: Requires counties to assume responsibility for criminal offenders sentenced to term of <br />incarceration of 24 months or less. <br /> <br />Sponsored by: By COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY <br /> <br />URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0700.dir/sb0728.intro.pdf <br /> <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Chuck Tilby EPD-ADM 3/4/2011 Pri 1 Oppose <br /> <br />Comments: This bill would result in the county jail having to house prisoners sentenced up to 2 years, instead <br />of 1. Clearly a straight transfer of responsibility of the state without funding. Also, the impact on <br />jail capacity would be extreme and the local jail situation would result in either more money <br />needed, or an additional jail capacity reduction. Our data shows a clear correlation between jail <br />capacity and local crime rates. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />12 | Page <br />March 16, 2011 IGR Committee Meeting <br />