71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 2862
 
LC 2959/HB 2862-2
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2862
 
     By COMMITTEE ON STREAM RESTORATION AND SPECIES RECOVERY
 
                              May 9
 
  In line 2 of the printed bill, after the first semicolon delete
the rest of the line and insert '; and appropriating money.'.
  Delete lines 15 through 28 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + (1) The State Fish and Wildlife
Commission shall collect a fee from persons licensed under ORS
508.025 to repay the federal government for moneys advanced by
the federal government under a fleet reduction, groundfish permit
buyback program established by the federal government.
  ' (2) The commission shall adopt a fee schedule by rule for the
collection of the fee required by subsection (1) of this section.
The fee schedule adopted shall limit the total amount of moneys
collected through the fee to the minimum amount necessary to
repay the moneys advanced by the federal government.
Additionally, the commission shall adjust the fee schedule such
that the money collected from each person licensed under ORS
508.025 is proportional to the benefits derived from the permit
buyback program by persons holding permits issued under the
following statutes:
  ' (a) Ocean troll salmon fishery, ORS 508.801 to 508.825;
  ' (b) Ocean pink shrimp fishery, ORS 508.880, 508.883 and
508.889 to 508.910; and
  ' (c) Ocean Dungeness crab fishery, ORS 508.926, 508.931 and
508.941.
  ' (3) Notwithstanding ORS 506.306, the commission shall deposit
moneys collected pursuant to this section in the Commercial
Fisheries Permit Buyback Fund. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + The State Fish and Wildlife
Commission may not assess the fee specified under section 3 of
this 2001 Act until after the federal government creates the
fleet reduction, groundfish permit buyback program. + } ' .
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