77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 1984

                         Senate Bill 340

Sponsored by Senator JOHNSON (at the request of Tillamook County
  Sheriff's Department) (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Creates crime of hindering prosecution in the second degree.
Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or
both.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to crime; creating new provisions; amending ORS 131.315,
  162.325, 162.345 and 166.715; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 162.225 to 162.375. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) A person commits the crime of hindering
prosecution in the second degree if, with intent to hinder the
apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of a person
who has committed a crime punishable as a misdemeanor, or with
the intent to assist a person who has committed a crime
punishable as a misdemeanor in profiting or benefiting from the
commission of the crime, the person:
  (a) Harbors or conceals the person who committed the crime;
  (b) Warns the person who committed the crime of impending
discovery or apprehension;
  (c) Provides or aids in providing the person who committed the
crime with money, transportation, weapon, disguise or other means
of avoiding discovery or apprehension;
  (d) Prevents or obstructs, by means of force, intimidation or
deception, anyone from performing an act that might aid in the
discovery or apprehension of the person who committed the crime;
  (e) Suppresses by any act of concealment, alteration or
destruction physical evidence that might aid in the discovery or
apprehension of the person who committed the crime; or
  (f) Aids the person who committed the crime in securing or
protecting the proceeds of the crime.
  (2) Hindering prosecution in the second degree is a Class A
misdemeanor. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 162.325 is amended to read:
  162.325. (1) A person commits the crime of hindering
prosecution  { + in the first degree + } if, with intent to
hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of
a person who has committed a crime punishable as a felony, or
with the intent to assist a person who has committed a crime
punishable as a felony in profiting or benefiting from the
commission of the crime, the person:
  (a) Harbors or conceals   { - such - }   { + the + } person
 { + who committed the crime + };   { - or - }
  (b) Warns   { - such - }   { + the + } person  { + who
committed the crime + } of impending discovery or apprehension;
 { - or - }
  (c) Provides or aids in providing   { - such - }   { + the + }
person  { + who committed the crime + } with money,
transportation, weapon, disguise or other means of avoiding
discovery or apprehension;   { - or - }
  (d) Prevents or obstructs, by means of force, intimidation or
deception, anyone from performing an act   { - which - }  { +
that + } might aid in the discovery or apprehension of
 { - such - }   { + the + } person  { + who committed the
crime + };   { - or - }
  (e) Suppresses by any act of concealment, alteration or
destruction physical evidence   { - which - }  { +  that + }
might aid in the discovery or apprehension of   { - such - }
 { + the + } person  { + who committed the crime + }; or
  (f) Aids   { - such - }   { + the + } person  { + who committed
the crime + } in securing or protecting the proceeds of the
crime.
  (2) Hindering prosecution  { + in the first degree + } is a
Class C felony.
  SECTION 4. ORS 162.345 is amended to read:
  162.345. It is no defense to a prosecution for hindering
prosecution  { + in the first degree, hindering prosecution in
the second degree + } or compounding that the principal offender
is not apprehended, prosecuted, convicted or punished.
  SECTION 5. ORS 166.715 is amended to read:
  166.715. As used in ORS 166.715 to 166.735, unless the context
requires otherwise:
  (1) 'Documentary material' means any book, paper, document,
writing, drawing, graph, chart, photograph, phonograph record,
magnetic tape, computer printout, other data compilation from
which information can be obtained or from which information can
be translated into usable form, or other tangible item.
  (2) 'Enterprise' includes any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, corporation, business trust or other profit or
nonprofit legal entity, and includes any union, association or
group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal
entity, and both illicit and licit enterprises and governmental
and nongovernmental entities.
  (3) 'Investigative agency' means the Department of Justice or
any district attorney.
  (4) 'Pattern of racketeering activity' means engaging in at
least two incidents of racketeering activity that have the same
or similar intents, results, accomplices, victims or methods of
commission or otherwise are interrelated by distinguishing
characteristics, including a nexus to the same enterprise, and
are not isolated incidents, provided at least one of such
incidents occurred after November 1, 1981, and that the last of
such incidents occurred within five years after a prior incident
of racketeering activity. Notwithstanding ORS 131.505 to 131.525
or 419A.190 or any other provision of law providing that a
previous prosecution is a bar to a subsequent prosecution,
conduct that constitutes an incident of racketeering activity may
be used to establish a pattern of racketeering activity without
regard to whether the conduct previously has been the subject of
a criminal prosecution or conviction or a juvenile court
adjudication, unless the prosecution resulted in an acquittal or
the adjudication resulted in entry of an order finding the youth
not to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
  (5) 'Person' means any individual or entity capable of holding
a legal or beneficial interest in real or personal property.
  (6) 'Racketeering activity' includes conduct of a person
committed both before and after the person attains the age of 18
years, and means to commit, to attempt to commit, to conspire to
commit, or to solicit, coerce or intimidate another person to
commit:
  (a) Any conduct that constitutes a crime, as defined in ORS
161.515, under any of the following provisions of the Oregon
Revised Statutes:
  (A) ORS 59.005 to 59.451, 59.710 to 59.830, 59.991 and 59.995,
relating to securities;
  (B) ORS 162.015, 162.025 and 162.065 to 162.085, relating to
bribery and perjury;
  (C) ORS 162.235, 162.265 to 162.305, 162.325, 162.335, 162.355
and 162.365  { + and section 2 of this 2013 Act + }, relating to
obstructing governmental administration;
  (D) ORS 162.405 to 162.425, relating to abuse of public office;
  (E) ORS 162.455, relating to interference with legislative
operation;
  (F) ORS 163.095 to 163.115, 163.118, 163.125 and 163.145,
relating to criminal homicide;
  (G) ORS 163.160 to 163.205, relating to assault and related
offenses;
  (H) ORS 163.225 and 163.235, relating to kidnapping;
  (I) ORS 163.275, relating to coercion;
  (J) ORS 163.665 to 163.693, relating to sexual conduct of
children;
  (K) ORS 164.015, 164.043, 164.045, 164.055, 164.057, 164.075 to
164.095, 164.098, 164.125, 164.135, 164.140, 164.215, 164.225 and
164.245 to 164.270, relating to theft, burglary, criminal
trespass and related offenses;
  (L) ORS 164.315 to 164.335, relating to arson and related
offenses;
  (M) ORS 164.345 to 164.365, relating to criminal mischief;
  (N) ORS 164.395 to 164.415, relating to robbery;
  (O) ORS 164.865, 164.875 and 164.868 to 164.872, relating to
unlawful recording or labeling of a recording;
  (P) ORS 165.007 to 165.022, 165.032 to 165.042 and 165.055 to
165.070, relating to forgery and related offenses;
  (Q) ORS 165.080 to 165.109, relating to business and commercial
offenses;
  (R) ORS 165.540 and 165.555, relating to communication crimes;
  (S) ORS 166.180, 166.190, 166.220, 166.250, 166.270, 166.275,
166.410, 166.450 and 166.470, relating to firearms and other
weapons;
  (T) ORS 164.377 (2) to (4), as punishable under ORS 164.377
(5)(b), 167.007 to 167.017, 167.057, 167.062 to 167.080, 167.090,
167.122 to 167.137, 167.147, 167.164, 167.167, 167.212, 167.355,
167.365, 167.370, 167.428, 167.431 and 167.439, relating to
prostitution, obscenity, sexual conduct, gambling, computer
crimes involving the Oregon State Lottery, animal fighting,
forcible recovery of a fighting bird and related offenses;
  (U) ORS 171.990, relating to legislative witnesses;
  (V) ORS 260.575 and 260.665, relating to election offenses;
  (W) ORS 314.075, relating to income tax;
  (X) ORS 180.440 (2) and 180.486 (2) and ORS chapter 323,
relating to cigarette and tobacco products taxes and the
directories developed under ORS 180.425 and 180.477;
  (Y) ORS 411.630, 411.675, 411.690 and 411.840, relating to
public assistance payments, and ORS 411.990 (2) and (3);
  (Z) ORS 462.140, 462.415 and 462.420 to 462.520, relating to
racing;
  (AA) ORS 463.995, relating to boxing, mixed martial arts and
entertainment wrestling, as defined in ORS 463.015;
  (BB) ORS 471.305, 471.360, 471.392 to 471.400, 471.403,
471.404, 471.405, 471.425, 471.442, 471.445, 471.446, 471.485,
471.490 and 471.675, relating to alcoholic liquor, and any of the
provisions of ORS chapter 471 relating to licenses issued under
the Liquor Control Act;
  (CC) ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980, relating to
controlled substances;
  (DD) ORS 480.070, 480.210, 480.215, 480.235 and 480.265,
relating to explosives;
  (EE) ORS 819.010, 819.040, 822.100, 822.135 and 822.150,
relating to motor vehicles;
  (FF) ORS 658.452 or 658.991 (2) to (4), relating to farm labor
contractors;
  (GG) ORS chapter 706, relating to banking law administration;
  (HH) ORS chapter 714, relating to branch banking;
  (II) ORS chapter 716, relating to mutual savings banks;
  (JJ) ORS chapter 723, relating to credit unions;
  (KK) ORS chapter 726, relating to pawnbrokers;
  (LL) ORS 166.382 and 166.384, relating to destructive devices;
  (MM) ORS 165.074;
  (NN) ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198, relating to mortgage bankers and
mortgage brokers;
  (OO) ORS chapter 496, 497 or 498, relating to wildlife;
  (PP) ORS 163.355 to 163.427, relating to sexual offenses;
  (QQ) ORS 166.015, relating to riot;
  (RR) ORS 166.155 and 166.165, relating to intimidation;
  (SS) ORS chapter 696, relating to real estate and escrow;
  (TT) ORS chapter 704, relating to outfitters and guides;
  (UU) ORS 165.692, relating to making a false claim for health
care payment;
  (VV) ORS 162.117, relating to public investment fraud;
  (WW) ORS 164.170 or 164.172;
  (XX) ORS 647.140, 647.145 or 647.150, relating to trademark
counterfeiting;
  (YY) ORS 164.886;
  (ZZ) ORS 167.312 and 167.388;
  (AAA) ORS 164.889;
  (BBB) ORS 165.800; or
  (CCC) ORS 163.263, 163.264 or 163.266.
  (b) Any conduct defined as 'racketeering activity' under 18
U.S.C. 1961 (1)(B), (C), (D) and (E).
  (7) 'Unlawful debt' means any money or other thing of value
constituting principal or interest of a debt that is legally
unenforceable in the state in whole or in part because the debt
was incurred or contracted:
  (a) In violation of any one of the following:
  (A) ORS chapter 462, relating to racing;
  (B) ORS 167.108 to 167.164, relating to gambling; or
  (C) ORS 82.010 to 82.170, relating to interest and usury.
  (b) In gambling activity in violation of federal law or in the
business of lending money at a rate usurious under federal or
state law.
  (8) Notwithstanding contrary provisions in ORS 174.060, when
this section references a statute in the Oregon Revised Statutes
that is substantially different in the nature of its essential
provisions from what the statute was when this section was
enacted, the reference shall extend to and include amendments to
the statute.
  SECTION 6. ORS 131.315 is amended to read:
  131.315. (1) If conduct constituting elements of an offense or
results constituting elements of an offense occur in two or more
counties, trial of the offense may be held in any of the counties
concerned.
  (2) If a cause of death is inflicted on a person in one county
and the person dies therefrom in another county, trial of the
offense may be held in either county.
  (3) If the commission of an offense commenced outside this
state is consummated within this state, trial of the offense
shall be held in the county in which the offense is consummated
or the interest protected by the criminal statute in question is
impaired.
  (4) If an offense is committed on any body of water located in,
or adjacent to, two or more counties or forming the boundary
between two or more counties, trial of the offense may be held in
any nearby county bordering on the body of water.
  (5) If an offense is committed in or upon any railroad car,
vehicle, aircraft, boat or other conveyance in transit and it
cannot readily be determined in which county the offense was
committed, trial of the offense may be held in any county through
or over which the conveyance passed.
  (6) If an offense is committed on the boundary of two or more
counties or within one mile thereof, trial of the offense may be
held in any of the counties concerned.
  (7) A person who commits theft, burglary or robbery may be
tried in any county in which the person exerts control over the
property that is the subject of the crime.
  (8) If the offense is an attempt or solicitation to commit a
crime, trial of the offense may be held in any county in which
any act that is an element of the offense is committed.
  (9) If the offense is criminal conspiracy, trial of the offense
may be held in any county in which any act or agreement that is
an element of the offense occurs.
  (10) A person who in one county commits an inchoate offense
that results in the commission of an offense by another person in
another county, or who  { + in one county + } commits the crime
of hindering prosecution   { - of the principal offense - }  { +
in the first degree or hindering prosecution in the second degree
when the principal offense was committed in another county + },
may be tried in either county.
  (11) A criminal nonsupport action may be tried in any county in
which the dependent child is found, irrespective of the domicile
of the parent, guardian or other person lawfully charged with
support of the child.
  (12) If the offense is theft, forgery or identity theft and the
offense consists of an aggregate transaction involving more than
one county, trial of the offense may be held in any county in
which one of the acts of theft, forgery or identity theft was
committed.
  (13) When a prosecution is for violation of the Oregon
Securities Law, the trial of the offense may be held in the
county in which:
  (a) The offer to purchase or sell securities took place or
where the sale or purchase of securities took place; or
  (b) Any act that is an element of the offense occurred.
  (14) When a prosecution under ORS 165.692 and 165.990 or
411.675 and 411.990 (2) and (3) involves Medicaid funds, the
trial of the offense may be held in the county in which the claim
was submitted for payment or in the county in which the claim was
paid.
  (15)(a) If the offense is stalking under ORS 163.732 and
involves contacts as defined in ORS 163.730 in more than one
county, trial of the offense may be held in any county in which a
contact occurred.
  (b) If the offense is violating a court's stalking protective
order under ORS 163.750, trial of the offense may be held in the
county in which the defendant engaged in conduct prohibited by
the order or in the county in which the order was issued.
  SECTION 7.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act and the amendments
to ORS 131.315, 162.345 and 166.715 by sections 4 to 6 of this
2013 Act apply to conduct occurring on or after the effective
date of this 2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 8.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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