Chapter 962 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

HB 3596

Relating to sex offenses; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 163.465 and 181.594.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 163.465 is amended to read:

163.465. (1) A person commits the crime of public indecency if while in, or in view of, a public place the person performs:

(a) An act of sexual intercourse; [or]

(b) An act of deviate sexual intercourse; or

(c) An act of exposing the genitals of the person with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person.

(2)(a) Public indecency is a Class A misdemeanor.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, public indecency is a Class C felony if the person has a prior conviction for public indecency or a crime described in ORS 163.355 to 163.445.

SECTION 2. ORS 181.594 is amended to read:

181.594. As used in ORS 181.595, 181.596, 181.597 and 181.603:

(1)(a) "Correctional facility" means any place used for the confinement of persons:

(A) Charged with or convicted of a crime or otherwise confined under a court order.

(B) Found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for having committed an act that if committed by an adult would constitute a crime.

(b) "Correctional facility" applies to a state hospital only as to persons detained therein charged with or convicted of a crime, or detained therein after being found guilty except for insanity under ORS 161.290 to 161.370.

(2) "Sex crime" means:

(a) Rape in any degree;

(b) Sodomy in any degree;

(d) Sexual abuse in any degree;

(e) Incest with a child victim;

(f) Using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct;

(g) Encouraging child sexual abuse in any degree;

(h) Transporting child pornography into the state;

(i) Paying for viewing a child's sexually explicit conduct;

(j) Compelling prostitution;

(k) Promoting prostitution;

(L) Public indecency, if the person has at least one prior conviction for public indecency;

[(L)] (m) Any attempt to commit any of the crimes set forth in paragraphs (a) to [(k)] (L) of this subsection; or

[(m)] (n) Burglary, when committed with intent to commit any of the offenses listed in paragraphs (a) to (k) of this subsection.

(3) "Sex offender" means a person who:

(a) Has been convicted of a sex crime;

(b) Has been found guilty except for insanity of a sex crime;

(c) Has been found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for having committed a crime that if committed by an adult would constitute a sex crime; or

(d) Is paroled to this state under ORS 144.610 after being convicted in another jurisdiction of a crime that would constitute a sex crime if committed in this state.

SECTION 2a. If House Bill 2612 becomes law, section 2 of this 1999 Act (amending ORS 181.594) is repealed.

SECTION 3. The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall classify felony public indecency as a person felony and crime category 6 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the commission.

Approved by the Governor August 17, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State August 18, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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