Board on Public Safety Standards and Training; term limit; confirmation.

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(a) Two members who are chiefs of police recommended to the Governor by the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police;

(b) One member who is a sheriff recommended to the Governor by the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association;

(c) One member who is a fire chief recommended to the Governor by the Oregon Fire Chiefs Association;

(d) One member who is a representative of the fire service recommended to the Governor by the Oregon Fire District Directors Association;

(e) One member who is a member of the Oregon State Fire Fighters Council recommended to the Governor by the executive body of the council;

(f) One member who is a representative of corrections personnel recommended to the Governor by the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association;

(g) One member who is a representative of the fire service recommended to the Governor by the Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association;

(h) One member who is a representative of public safety telecommunicators;

(i) One member who is a district attorney recommended to the Governor by the Oregon District Attorneys Association;

(j) One member who is the Superintendent of State Police;

(k) One member who is the Chief of the Portland Police Bureau;

(L) One member who is the State Fire Marshal;

(m) One member who is the Chief of the Portland Fire Bureau;

(n) One member who is the Director of the Department of Corrections;

(o) One nonvoting member who is the Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Oregon;

(p) One member who is an administrator of a municipality recommended to the Governor by the executive body of the League of Oregon Cities;

(q) Two members who are nonmanagement representatives of law enforcement;

(r) Three members who are public members. Of the three public members appointed under this section:

(A) None may have personal interest or occupational responsibilities in the area of responsibility given to the board;

(B) All must represent the interests of the public in general;

(C) At least one member must be part of a marginalized or historically underrepresented community;

(D) One member must be recommended to the Governor by the President of the Senate; and

(E) One member must be recommended to the Governor by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(s) Two members recommended by and representing the private security industry;

(t) One member who is a representative of the collective bargaining unit that represents the largest number of individual workers in the Department of Corrections; and

(u) One member who is a nonmanagement parole and probation officer employed by a community corrections program.

(2) The term of office of a member is three years, and no member may be removed from office except for cause. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the Governor shall appoint the member’s successor to assume the member’s duties on July 1 next following. In case of a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall make an appointment, effective immediately, for the unexpired term.

(3) Except for members who serve by virtue of office, no member shall serve more than two terms. For purposes of this subsection, a person appointed to fill a vacancy consisting of an unexpired term of at least one and one-half years has served a full term.

(4) Appointments of members of the board by the Governor, except for those members who serve by virtue of office, are subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided in ORS 171.562 and 171.565.

(5) A member of the board is entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495. [Formerly 181.620; 2021 c.611 §7]


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