71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2285
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
Presession filed (at the request of Representative Kurt
Schrader)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to angling contests; amending ORS 498.279 and 498.286;
repealing ORS 498.284; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 498.279 is amended to read:
498.279. (1) A person, or group of persons, may conduct,
sponsor and participate in any competition or contest in which
prizes are offered for the amount, quality, size, weight or other
physical characteristics of black bass { + or walleye, provided
that + }
{ - taken only in accordance with the following
restrictions: - }
{ - (a) The same fish may be used in different categories of
competition in a contest if the prize awarding system is such
that the value of prizes awarded to a participant does not exceed
two times the individual prize value limitation. - }
{ - (b) - } the rules of { - any such - } { + a + }
competition or contest { - must be - } { + are + } prepared
and distributed by the sponsors to the contestants and { - must
be - } { + are + } administered and enforced by the sponsors.
Such rules shall include, but { + are + } not { - be - }
limited to:
{ - (A) - } { + (a) + } A requirement that the contestants
{ - utilize - } { + use + } aerated live wells or other
{ - such - } equipment so that all reasonable efforts are made
to maintain the fish taken in a live and healthy condition
{ - so that the fish may be returned alive to the water or
delivered to the State Fish and Wildlife Commission for
restocking - } .
{ + (b) A requirement that all fish caught that are in a
healthy condition are immediately returned to the water where
they were caught, after weighing. Black bass may be turned over
to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for restocking. + }
{ - (B) - } { + (c) + } A requirement that { + bass
tournament + } contestants use only artificial or other such
prepared baits.
{ - (C) A requirement that the sponsor shall specify the
maximum number of boats participating to minimize any adverse
impact on other uses of the contest waters. - }
{ - (c) The sponsor of the competition or contest must submit
to the commission, at least 30 days prior to commencement of the
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event, a written description of the manner in which the
competition or contest is to be conducted. Such description shall
include the locations, dates and times of the event, rules for
conduct of the events, the amounts of entry fees, the amounts,
descriptions and methods of awarding prizes and the equipment and
methods to be used by contestants to keep fish taken in a live
and healthy condition. - }
{ - (d) At the request of the commission, the sponsor of the
event shall report the results of the event to the commission, on
a form provided by the commission not later than 30 days after
the end of the event. - }
{ - (e) A competition or contest may not be held on any
particular body of water more often than once in any 14-day
period. The commission may order closure of any waters to
competitions or contests when the commission considers such
action necessary to protect wildlife resources. - }
{ - (2) The commission shall limit the number of contests and
participants and determine the location of such contests and
shall adopt any other rules the commission considers necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section. - }
{ - (3) - } { + (2) + } As used in this section, 'black
bass' means largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, redeye bass,
spotted bass and all other basses of the genus Micropterus.
{ + (3) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may adopt
rules to limit the number of contests and participants, determine
the location of contests and prescribe other terms and conditions
regarding the conduct of contests under this section. + }
SECTION 2. ORS 498.286 is amended to read:
498.286. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this
section and ORS 498.279 { - and 498.284 - } , no person shall
conduct, sponsor or participate in any competition or contest in
which any prize of a retail value of more than $1,000 is offered
for the amount, quality, size, weight or other physical
characteristic of game fish taken.
(2) When a prize is offered that exceeds $1,000 for the amount,
quality, size, weight or other physical characteristic of a game
fish taken, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, by rule, may
limit the number of contests and participants, determine the
location of { - such - } contests and prescribe { - such - }
other terms and conditions regarding the conduct of
{ - such - } contests { - as the commission determines
necessary to protect wildlife resources and ensure an orderly
fishery - } .
SECTION 3. { + ORS 498.284 is repealed. + }
SECTION 4. { + This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect July 1,
2001. + }
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Passed by House March 14, 2001
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Chief Clerk of House
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Speaker of House
Passed by Senate May 4, 2001
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President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Secretary of State
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