Kathleen Taylor voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Establishes a Task Force on Specialty Courts
Signed by Governor Tina Kotek
Title: Establishes a Task Force on Specialty Courts
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a task force on specialty courts and to study certain issues concerning specialty courts in the state of Oregon.
Specifies the 19 members of the Task Force on Speciality Courts which must be appointed (Sec. 1).
Defines the following issues concerning specialty courts (Sec. 1):
Identity appropriate funding mechanisms;
Determine the administrative funding balance between Oregon Criminal Justice Commission and the Judicial Department;
Determine whether speciality courts currently use the right eligibility metrics; and
Identify the appropriate accountability mechanism to ensure their operating to the standards of the commission.
Requires official action taken by the task for to be found in a majority approval of the members of the task force (Sec. 1).
Establishes the task force must elect one member to serve as chairperson (Sec. 1).
Authorizes the chairperson to specify the meeting time and place (Sec. 1).
Requires no later than November 15, 2024 that the task force submits a report on its findings and recommended legislation to the interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary (Sec. 1).
Prohibits the members of the task force to receive compensation or reimbursement (Sec. 1).
Establishes that this act will take effect upon its passage (Sec. 3).
Title: Establishes a Task Force on Specialty Courts
Title: Establishes a Task Force on Specialty Courts