71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 41
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)
CHAPTER ................
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. { + Section 2 of this 2001 Act is repealed January
2, 2008. The repeal of section 2 of this 2001 Act does not affect
the ability of the State Department of Agriculture to levy a
civil penalty for a violation occurring prior to January 2, 2008,
of a rule described under section 3 of this 2001 Act. + }
SECTION 5. { + The State Department of Fish and Wildlife and
the State Department of Agriculture shall jointly report to an
appropriate committee of the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly
regarding the results of allowing the processing and sale of meat
and by-products from domesticated elk under section 2 of this
2001 Act. + }
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SECTION 6. { + 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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Passed by Senate June 14, 2001
Repassed by Senate July 2, 2001
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Secretary of Senate
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President of Senate
Passed by House June 30, 2001
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Speaker of House
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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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