68th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1995 Regular Session

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LC 3657

                         Senate Bill 981

Sponsored by Senator SHANNON; Senators DERFLER, HANNON, KINTIGH,
  MILLER, STULL, Representatives CLARNO, GRISHAM, MANNIX, MINNIS,
  MONTGOMERY, REPINE, SNODGRASS, STARR, TARNO, WELLS (at the
  request of Steve Throughman)


                             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.

  Changes fleeing or attempting to elude police officer to Class
C felony if person stays in vehicle and flees. Punishes by
maximum of five years' imprisonment, $100,000 fine, or both.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to crime of fleeing or attempting to elude a police
  officer; amending ORS 811.540.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 811.540 is amended to read:
  811.540. (1) A person commits the crime of fleeing or
attempting to elude a police officer if:
  (a) The person is operating a motor vehicle; and
  (b) A police officer who is in uniform and prominently
displaying the police officer's badge of office or operating a
vehicle appropriately marked showing it to be an official police
vehicle gives a visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to
a stop, including any signal by hand, voice, emergency light or
siren, and either:
  (A) The person, while still in the vehicle, knowingly flees or
attempts to elude a pursuing police officer; or
  (B) The person gets out of the vehicle and knowingly flees or
attempts to elude the police officer.
  (2) The offense described in this section, fleeing or
attempting to elude a police officer  { - , is a Class A
misdemeanor and - }  is applicable upon any premises open to the
public { +  and:
  (a) Is a Class A misdemeanor if the person gets out of the
vehicle and flees or attempts to elude the officer.
  (b) Is a Class C felony if the person stays in the vehicle and
flees or attempts to elude the officer + }.
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