71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 974
 
                         House Bill 2158
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
  M.D., for State Department of Agriculture)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
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 as
introduced.
 
  Classifies feral swine as predatory animals.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to feral animals; amending ORS 610.002.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 610.002 is amended to read:
  610.002. As used in this chapter, 'predatory animal' or '
predatory animals' includes  { + feral swine as defined by State
Department of Agriculture rule, + } coyotes, rabbits, rodents and
birds   { - which - }  { +  that + } are or may be destructive to
agricultural crops, products and activities, but excluding game
birds and other birds determined by the State Fish and Wildlife
Commission to be in need of protection.
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