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
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 1603
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 41
                  Ordered by the Senate June 12
            Including Senate Amendments dated June 12
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senator Dave Nelson for
  Harold Amidon, Eastern Oregon Domestic Elk Breeders
  Association)
 
 
                             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.
 
    { - Allows licensing of domestic elk farms. - }
   { +  Allows slaughter and sale of meat and by-products from
domesticated elk raised pursuant to license issued by State Fish
and Wildlife Commission. Requires State Department of Agriculture
to adopt rules regulating processing and sale of domesticated elk
meat and by-products. + }
  Declares emergency, effective September 1, 2001.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to elk farming; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + As used in the statute laws of this state, '
domesticated elk' means North American wapiti (Cervus
canadensis), Manitoban elk (Cervus elaphus manitobensis), Rocky
Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), Roosevelt elk (Cervus
elaphus roosevelti) and Tule elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes) that
are born and raised in captivity. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The slaughter of domesticated elk raised
pursuant to a license issued by the State Fish and Wildlife
Commission under ORS 497.228 and the processing and sale of meat
and by-products from those domesticated elk are legal. The
slaughter and processing must be conducted in an official exotic
animal establishment inspected and certified for wholesomeness by
the United States Department of Agriculture or a successor
agency. To the extent consistent with federal regulations
governing official exotic animal establishments, the State
Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the State
Department of Fish and Wildlife, shall adopt all rules necessary
and proper for the State Department of Agriculture to regulate
the processing and sale of domesticated elk meat and domesticated
elk by-products described in this section. + }
 
 
  SECTION 3.  { + The State Department of Agriculture shall
implement rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this 2001 Act on
or before June 30, 2002. + }
  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 September 1,
2001. + }
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