71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         House Bill 2224
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Representative Susan
  Morgan)
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             AN ACT
 
 
Relating to private hunting preserves; amending ORS 497.248.
 
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
 
  SECTION 1. ORS 497.248 is amended to read:
  497.248. (1) No person shall engage in the business of
operating a private hunting preserve for the hunting of privately
owned or propagated game birds unless the person first obtains
from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission a private hunting
preserve license.
  (2) The commission shall issue a private hunting preserve
license to an applicant therefor if the commission finds that the
operation of the preserve will meet the following requirements:
  (a) The preserve is on one continuous tract of land owned by
the applicant or leased by the applicant   { - for a period of at
least five years - }  and contains:
  (A) Not more than 640 acres, if the preserve is located in the
area west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains; or
  (B) Not more than 1,280 acres, if the preserve is located in
the area east of the summit of the Cascade Mountains.
  (b) The preserve is located at least three miles from any other
licensed private hunting preserve.
  (c) No portion of the preserve is located closer than one-half
mile to any park, wilderness area, refuge or wildlife management
area operated by any agency of the state or federal government.
  (d) The exterior boundaries of the preserve are clearly defined
and posted with signs erected around the extremity at intervals
of 1,320 feet or less. The signs shall comply with requirements
prescribed by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
  (e) The preserve has facilities to propagate or hold not less
than 500 of each wildlife species to be released for hunting.
  (f) The applicant will not prevent or attempt to prevent public
hunting on lands adjacent to the preserve.
  (3) The commission, by rule, shall prescribe the time, manner
and place of hunting on private preserves, the wildlife species
to be hunted, requirements for the care and marking of wildlife
raised on the preserve, the release of wildlife received from
another state, the procedures for marking indigenous wildlife
incidentally taken on the preserve and the fees therefor, and
record keeping and reporting procedures.
 
 
 
 
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  (4) No person shall hunt on a private hunting preserve unless
the person first obtains from the commission a hunting license or
a private hunting preserve permit.
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Passed by House March 13, 2001
 
 
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                                             Chief Clerk of House
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
Passed by Senate April 27, 2001
 
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
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                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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