(1) The Department of Corrections shall:

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(a) Operate prisons for offenders sentenced to terms of incarceration for more than 12 months;

(b) Provide central information and data services sufficient to:

(A) Allow tracking of offenders; and

(B) Permit analysis of correlations between sanctions, supervision, services and programs, and future criminal conduct; and

(c) Provide interstate compact administration and jail inspections.

(2) Subject to ORS § 423.483, each county, in partnership with the department, shall assume responsibility for community-based supervision, sanctions and services for offenders convicted of felonies, designated drug-related misdemeanors or designated person misdemeanors who are:

(a) On parole;

(b) On probation;

(c) On post-prison supervision;

(d) Sentenced, on or after January 1, 1997, to 12 months or less incarceration;

(e) Sanctioned, on or after January 1, 1997, by a court or the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision to 12 months or less incarceration for violation of a condition of parole, probation or post-prison supervision; or

(f) On conditional release under ORS § 420A.206.

(3) Notwithstanding the fact that the court has sentenced a person to a term of incarceration, when an offender is committed to the custody of the supervisory authority of a county under ORS § 137.124 (2) or (4), the supervisory authority may execute the sentence by imposing sanctions other than incarceration if deemed appropriate by the supervisory authority. If the supervisory authority releases a person from custody under this subsection and the person is required to report as a sex offender under ORS § 163A.010, the supervisory authority, as a condition of release, shall order the person to report to the Department of State Police, a city police department or a county sheriff’s office or to the supervising agency, if any:

(a) When the person is released;

(b) Within 10 days of a change of residence;

(c) Once each year within 10 days of the person’s birth date;

(d) Within 10 days of the first day the person works at, carries on a vocation at or attends an institution of higher education; and

(e) Within 10 days of a change in work, vocation or attendance status at an institution of higher education.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) ‘Attends,’ ‘institution of higher education,’ ‘works’ and ‘carries on a vocation’ have the meanings given those terms in ORS § 163A.005.

(b) ‘Designated drug-related misdemeanor’ means:

(A) Unlawful possession of fentanyl under ORS § 475.752 (8)(a);

(B) Unlawful possession of methadone under ORS § 475.824 (2)(b);

(C) Unlawful possession of oxycodone under ORS § 475.834 (2)(b);

(D) Unlawful possession of heroin under ORS § 475.854 (2)(b);

(E) Unlawful possession of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine under ORS § 475.874 (2)(b);

(F) Unlawful possession of cocaine under ORS § 475.884 (2)(b); or

(G) Unlawful possession of methamphetamine under ORS § 475.894 (2)(b).

(c) ‘Designated person misdemeanor’ means:

(A) Assault in the fourth degree constituting domestic violence if the judgment document is as described in ORS § 163.160 (4);

(B) Menacing constituting domestic violence if the judgment document is as described in ORS § 163.190 (3); or

(C) Sexual abuse in the third degree under ORS § 163.415. [1995 c.423 § 9; 1997 c.313 § 33; 1997 c.433 § 9; 1999 c.156 § 1; 1999 c.626 § 21; amendments by 1999 c.626 § 44 repealed by 2001 c.884 § 1; 2005 c.567 § 12; 2009 c.204 § 9; 2009 c.713 § 16; 2017 c.706 § 17; 2021 c.2 § 20; 2021 c.591 44,44a; 2023 c.413 § 3]