OAR 213-071-0020: Racial and Ethnic Impact Statements

(1) Upon receipt of a written request signed by one member of the Legislative Assembly from each major political party, the Commission shall prepare a racial and ethnic impact statement pertaining to proposed legislation. (2) The racial and ethnic impact statement prepared by the Commission must include the following for racial and ethnic groups for which data are available: (a) An estimate of how the proposed legislation would change the racial and ethnic composition of the criminal offender population or recipients of human services; (b) A statement of the methodologies and assumptions used in preparing the estimate; and (c) An estimate of the racial and ethnic composition of crime victims who may be affected by the proposed legislation, if the statement addresses the effect of the proposed legislation on the criminal offender population.