Eligibility requirements for Oregon’s DUII Diversion Program have again been changed by the Oregon Legislature. Alterations to Oregon DUII laws are among the most common areas for new legislation, resulting in changes every two years. Oregon’s DUII Diversion Program was created in 1979, at the same time the Legislature changed the law to make all DUII’s a…
In 1999 the Oregon Legislature created the new crime of Felony DUII. Under that law, persons who were convicted of their fourth DUII in a ten year span had the offense elevated to a Class C Felony rather than a misdemeanor. However, the law was drafted so as to exclude DUII convictions in Juvenile Court (“Juvenile…