This text of Oregon § 423.505 (Legislative policy on program funding) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Oregon primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Because counties are in the best position for the management, oversight and administration of local criminal justice matters and for determining local resource priorities, it is declared to be the legislative policy of this state to establish an ongoing partnership between the state and counties and to finance with appropriations from the General Fund statewide community correction programs on a continuing basis. The intended purposes of this program are to:
(1)Provide appropriate sentencing and sanctioning options including incarceration, community supervision and services;
(2)Provide improved local services for persons charged with criminal offenses with the goal of reducing the occurrence of repeat criminal offenses;
(3)Promote local control and management of community corrections pr
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Because counties are in the best position for the management, oversight and administration of local criminal justice matters and for determining local resource priorities, it is declared to be the legislative policy of this state to establish an ongoing partnership between the state and counties and to finance with appropriations from the General Fund statewide community correction programs on a continuing basis. The intended purposes of this program are to:
(1) Provide appropriate sentencing and sanctioning options including incarceration, community supervision and services;
(2) Provide improved local services for persons charged with criminal offenses with the goal of reducing the occurrence of repeat criminal offenses;
(3) Promote local control and management of community corrections programs;
(4) Promote the use of the most effective criminal sanctions necessary to protect public safety, administer punishment to the offender and rehabilitate the offender;
(5) Enhance, increase and support the state and county partnership in the management of offenders; and
(6) Enhance, increase and encourage a greater role for local government and the local criminal justice system in the planning and implementation of local public safety policies.