The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
Removes limits on rewards.
Requires court to consider financial resources of defendant in determining whether to order payment of reward. No public money may be used to pay a reward to a bounty hunter under this section. As used in this subsection, 'bounty hunter' means a private person who is in the business of apprehending persons who have forfeited security or broken the terms of a security release, fled from justice or escaped from confinement. Reimbursement under this section shall be ordered paid into the court, for further transfer by the clerk to the person, organization, association or public body or officer entitled to it. The monetary obligation described in this section is a category 4 obligation under ORS 137.295.