Title 180 · ORS Chapter 180
291.375, the Department of Justice may submit applications for federal grants and, when approved, accept and expend funds received subject to budgetary limits imposed by the Legislative Assembly or as
Citation: ORS 291.375
Section: 291.375
291.375, the Department of Justice may submit applications for federal grants and, when approved, accept and expend funds received subject to budgetary limits imposed by the Legislative Assembly or as modified by the Emergency Board. [1977 c.754 �4]
����� 180.640 Criminal Justice Revolving Account. (1) There is hereby established an account in the General Fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Criminal Justice Revolving Account. The creation of and disbursement of moneys from the revolving account shall not require an allotment or allocation of moneys pursuant to ORS 291.234 to 291.260. All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated for the purposes set forth in subsection (3) of this section.
����� (2) Notwithstanding ORS 180.180, all costs of investigation and prosecution, including attorney fees, awarded to the Department of Justice in an action or proceeding under ORS 166.715 to 166.735, whether by final judgment, settlement or otherwise, and all proceeds of civil penalties imposed under ORS 166.725, shall be deposited in the account established by this section. The maximum allowable balance in such account is $750,000. When moneys in the account exceed $750,000, the excess funds shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State Treasury.
����� (3) Moneys in the revolving account may be used by the Attorney General to reimburse the Department of Justice, district attorneys and state and local governmental departments and agencies for the costs of investigation and prosecution of any civil or criminal action or proceeding under ORS 166.715 to 166.735, to maintain and preserve property subject to forfeiture pending its sale or other disposition and to reimburse expenses of the Department of Justice incurred in carrying out the provisions of ORS 180.600 to 180.630.
����� (4) The Attorney General may present an accounting to the State Treasurer for costs and expenses referred to in subsection (3) of this section. To the extent that sufficient funds exist in the Criminal Justice Revolving Account, the State Treasurer promptly shall reimburse the Department of Justice for the costs and expenses included in the Attorney General�s accounting. [1983 c.292 �6; 1983 c.715 �5]
����� 180.650 [2001 c.619 �1; repealed by 2016 c.74 �5]
����� 180.660 [2001 c.619 �2; repealed by 2016 c.74 �5]
(Batterers� Intervention Programs)
����� 180.700 Advisory committee; rules. (1) The Attorney General shall appoint an advisory committee composed of:
����� (a) Representatives from local supervisory authorities, batterers� intervention programs and domestic violence victims� advocacy groups; and
����� (b) Persons who:
����� (A) Are experienced with evidence-based practices specific to reducing recidivism that take into account risk factors, needs and responsiveness to treatment; and
����� (B) Represent the diverse groups that interact with violence prevention and batterers� intervention programs.
����� (2) The Attorney General, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall adopt rules that establish standards for batterers� intervention programs. The rules adopted must include, but are not limited to:
����� (a) Standards for contacts between the defendant and the victim;
����� (b) Standards for the dissemination of otherwise confidential medical, mental health and treatment records;
����� (c) Standards that protect to the greatest extent practicable the confidentiality of defendants who are participating in domestic violence deferred sentencing agreements;
����� (d) A requirement that the designated batterers� intervention program must report to the defendant�s local supervisory authority any criminal assaults, threats to harm the victim or any substantial violation of the program�s rules by the defendant; and
����� (e) Standards for batterers� intervention programs that are most likely to end domestic violence and increase victims� safety.
����� (3) The standards established by the rules described in subsection (2) of this section must:
����� (a) Consist of separate standards for batterers� intervention programs that address male defendants, female defendants, defendants offending against same-sex victims and circumstances in which the defendant or victim is gender nonconforming; and
����� (b) Be based on scientific research and direct practice both with persons who have perpetrated domestic violence and with persons who have survived domestic violence.
����� (4) As used in this section, �supervisory authority� has the meaning given that term in ORS