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 2932
 
                           B-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 3147
                  Ordered by the Senate May 22
 Including House Amendments dated April 26 and Senate Amendments
                          dated May 22
 
Sponsored by Representative SCHRADER; Representatives BROWN,
  DOYLE, GARRARD, HILL, JENSON, KRIEGER, KROPF, KRUSE, MARCH,
  MORGAN, PATRIDGE, G SMITH, T SMITH, STARR, WESTLUND, ZAUNER,
  Senators R BEYER, FERRIOLI, MESSERLE, METSGER, STARR (at the
  request of Oregonians for Responsible Wildlife Management)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Requires persons setting traps for fur-bearing mammals to check
traps at certain intervals.
  Requires persons setting traps for predatory animals to check
traps on regular basis.
  Creates Trapping Best Management Practices Task Force.
Specifies membership. Directs task force to review trapping
management practices and submit report to Seventy-second
Legislative Assembly.
  Requires veterinarians licensed and practicing in Oregon to
report incidences of treating animals injured by trapping device.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to trapping; creating new provisions; and amending ORS
  686.445.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2001 Act is added to and made
a part of the wildlife laws. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) A person holding a license issued under ORS
497.142 may not set a trap for fur-bearing mammals without
checking the trap at least once during each 48-hour period.
  (2) A person may not set a trap for a predatory animal, as
defined in ORS 610.002, without checking the trap on a regular
basis. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) There is created the Trapping Best
Management Practices Task Force consisting of five members.
Members shall be citizens of this state who are familiar with the
trapping of fur-bearing mammals and predatory animals. The five
members shall be appointed as follows:
  (a) Two public members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives;
  (b) Two public members appointed by the President of the
Senate; and
 
  (c) The Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon
State University, or the dean's designee.
  (2) The task force shall:
  (a) Review the trapping management practices of various states.
  (b) Review the best management practices program developed by
the Furbearer Resources Technical Work Group of the International
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
  (c) Not later than January 31, 2003, submit a report to the
Seventy-second Legislative Assembly, according to the provisions
of ORS 192.230 to 192.250, that contains specific legislative
recommendations for modifications to trapping regulations in this
state.
  (3) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife may provide staff
as necessary for the performance of the functions of the task
force.
  (4) All agencies, departments and officers of this state are
directed to assist the task force in the performance of its
functions and to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
functions.
  (5) Official action by the task force established pursuant to
this section shall require the approval of a majority of the
members. + }
  SECTION 4. ORS 686.445 is amended to read:
  686.445.  { + (1) + } Licensed veterinarians and veterinary
technicians may report to peace officers, animal control officers
or officers of private organizations devoted to humane treatment
of animals any animal that the veterinarian or veterinary
technician knows or reasonably believes to be abandoned,
neglected or abused. Any veterinarian or veterinary technician
making a report under this section is immune from any civil or
criminal liability by reason of making the report.
   { +  (2) Veterinarians licensed and practicing in Oregon shall
report to the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon
State University, in a form established by the dean, incidences
of treating animals purported to have been injured by a trapping
device. + }
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