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Oregon Measure 49, State Prisoner Employees' Rights and Interstate Commerce for Prison-Made Products Measure (May 1997)
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| Topic Business regulations and Civil trials |
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| Type Legislatively referred state statute |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 49 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in Oregon on May 20, 1997. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported restricting prison inmates from initiating lawsuits about work assignments and allowing interstate shipment of prison-made products. |
A "no" vote opposed restricting prison inmates from initiating lawsuits about work assignments and allowing interstate shipment of prison-made products. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 49 |
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699,813 | 90.80% | ||
| No | 70,940 | 9.20% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 49 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: RESTRICTS INMATE LAWSUITS; ALLOWS INTERSTATE SHIPMENT OF PRISON MADE PRODUCTS RESULT OF “YES” VOTE: A “yes” vote restricts inmate lawsuits about work assignments, allows interstate shipment of prison made products. RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: A “no" vote means inmate lawsuits are possible and prison made products will not be shipped in interstate commerce. SUMMARY: This measure modifies current provisions in the Oregon Constitution establishing requirements for work programs for state prison inmates. The changes contained in the measure: (1) make it clear that inmates have no right to a job or to participate in work, on-the-job training or educational programs; (2) provide that the restrictions on uses of compensation earned by state prison inmates for work they perform are subject to requirements of federal law in order to allow corrections officials to continue operating federally certified prison industries; and (3) modify the definition of “full-time” to include time spent on security measures and transportation of inmates while inmates are participating in work or on-the job training. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: The measure will allow the Department of Corrections to continue interstate sales of garments and furniture, which generated an estimated $549,000 in gross revenue in fiscal year 1995-1996. Revenues as a result of this measure may be a funding source for the development and maintenance of the Prison Reform and Inmate Work Act of 1994, and may reduce the costs of incarcerating inmates. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a state statute on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Statutes do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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