71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 500
 
                         House Bill 3809
 
Sponsored by Representatives CLOSE, KROPF
 
 
                             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.
 
  Establishes moratorium on destroying hatchery bred salmon
returning to waters of state. Creates expert scientific panel in
State Department of Fish and Wildlife to investigate practice of
destroying hatchery bred salmon. Requires State Fish and Wildlife
Director to issue report to legislature.
  Sunsets January 31, 2003.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to hatchery bred salmon; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) For purposes of this section, 'unduly
hindering' means performing activities that inhibit the natural
passage of or contribute to the premature demise of any
anadromous salmonids.
  (2) Notwithstanding the wild fish management policy adopted by
rule by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, the State
Department of Fish and Wildlife may not destroy or unduly hinder
hatchery bred salmonids returning to the waters of the State of
Oregon.
  (3) The prohibition placed on destroying or unduly hindering
hatchery bred salmonids by subsection (2) of this section shall
remain operative until the expert scientific panel convened under
section 2 of this 2001 Act issues a report to the Seventy-second
Legislative Assembly. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Director shall,
within 60 days of the effective date of this 2001 Act, convene an
expert scientific panel to study:
  (a) The effect of hatchery bred salmonids on wild salmonid
stocks;
  (b) The practice of destroying hatchery bred salmonids to
establish genetic purity;
  (c) Whether there is a statistically verifiable scientific
difference between wild and hatchery bred salmonids;
  (d) Ocean conditions and predation as those subjects relate to
salmonid survival; and
  (e) The potential benefits of supplementing wild salmonid
stocks with hatchery bred salmonids.
  (2) The expert scientific panel shall be composed of six public
members with educational or professional background in salmonid
genetics, appointed in the following manner:
  (a) Two members appointed by the Governor;
  (b) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; and
  (c) Two members appointed by the President of the Senate.
  (3) Funding for the panel, including administrative support
provided to the panel and compensation and expenses for members,
shall come solely from fees collected by the State Department of
Fish and Wildlife.
  (4) Members of the panel are entitled to compensation and
expenses as provided in ORS 292.495. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + On or before January 15, 2003, the State Fish
and Wildlife Director shall submit a written report to the
Seventy-second Legislative Assembly explaining the results of the
expert scientific panel study commissioned by section 2 of this
2001 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + Sections 1 to 3 of this 2001 Act are repealed
January 31, 2003. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + 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 on its
passage. + }
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