Oregon Statutes - Chapter 181 - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training - Section 181.620 - Board on Public Safety Standards and Training; term limit; confirmation.

(1) The Governor shall appoint a Board on Public Safety Standards and Training consisting of 24 members as follows:

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

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

(c) One member shall be a fire chief recommended to the Governor by the Oregon Fire Chiefs’ Association;

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

(e) One member shall be a member of the Oregon State Fire Fighter’s Council recommended to the Governor by the executive body of the council;

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

(g) One member shall be a representative of the fire service recommended to the Governor by the Oregon Volunteer Fire Fighters’ Association;

(h) One member shall be a representative of public safety telecommunicators;

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

(j) One member shall be the Superintendent of State Police;

(k) One member shall be the Chief of the Portland Police Bureau;

(L) One member shall be the State Fire Marshal;

(m) One member shall be the Chief of the Portland Fire Bureau;

(n) One member shall be the Director of the Department of Corrections;

(o) One member shall be the Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Oregon;

(p) One member shall represent forest protection agencies recommended to the Governor by the State Forestry Department;

(q) One member shall be an administrator of a municipality recommended to the Governor by the executive body of the League of Oregon Cities;

(r) Two members shall be nonmanagement representatives of law enforcement;

(s) One member shall be a public member. A person appointed as a public member under this section shall be a person:

(A) Who has no personal interest or occupational responsibilities in the area of responsibility given to the board; and

(B) Who represents the interests of the public in general;

(t) Two members shall be representatives of the private security industry recommended to the Governor by the Private Security Policy Committee; and

(u) One member shall be a representative of the collective bargaining unit that represents the largest number of individual workers in the Department of Corrections.

(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. [1961 c.721 §§4,5; 1967 c.305 §3; 1969 c.314 §12; 1973 c.599 §4; 1973 c.792 §2; 1975 c.290 §15; 1977 c.382 §12; 1979 c.410 §2; 1991 c.380 §1; 1993 c.185 §11; 1995 c.510 §19; 1999 c.139 §1; 2003 c.14 §80; 2003 c.546 §8; 2003 c.669 §1; 2005 c.447 §10]

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