Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 147 § 147.620 — was enacted into law by

was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 147 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation. Note: Sections 1 and 3, chapter 110, Oregon Laws 2023, provide: Sec. 1. (1)(a) No later than June 1 of each year, a certifying agency shall report to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, in the manner described in this subsection, on certification requests under ORS 147.620 received by the agency during the previous calendar year. (b) A report required under this subsection shall be in a format specified by the commission by rule and must include the following information: (A) The total number, within the previous year, of certification requests received, requests granted and requests denied, and the number of pending certifications on the date of the report; and (B) For denied certification requests, the number of times each of the following were the reason for the denial: (i) Lack of qualifying criminal activity; (ii) Lack of helpfulness; (iii) Lack of jurisdiction over certification request; or (iv) Other circumstances for which a certifying official or agency may lawfully deny certification. (c) A report made under this subsection may not contain any personally identifying information. (d) A certifying agency that did not receive any certification requests during the previous calendar year must report to the commission that the certifying agency received zero requests. (2) The commission shall maintain a list of certifying agencies other than individual judges within this state in order to monitor compliance with the reporting requirement described in subsection (1) of this section. (3)(a) Within 90 days of receiving reports under subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall prepare a comprehensive report on the certification process within this state and submit the comprehensive report, in the manner described in ORS 192.245, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary. The report shall identify any certifying agency that did not submit a report as required by subsection (1) of this section. (b) Notwithstanding ORS 147.620 (8)(b), in preparing the report under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the commission may request, from a certifying agency or official, copies of denial notifications containing personally identifying information if the information is needed in order to prepare an accurate report. The certifying agency or official shall provide the denial notification to the commission on request. A denial notification received under this paragraph is confidential. [2023 c.110 §1] Sec. 3. Section 1 of this 2023 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027. [2023 c.110 §3] _______________