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 336
 
                         Senate Bill 60
 
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-elect Ken Messerle
  for Coos County Clerk)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Lowers minimum dog license fee from $25 to $15.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to dog licensing; amending ORS 609.100.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 609.100 is amended to read:
  609.100. (1) In a county, precinct or city having a dog control
program under ORS 609.030, 609.040 to 609.110 and 609.405, every
person keeping a dog that has a set of permanent canine teeth or
is six months old, whichever   { - comes - }  { +  occurs + }
first, shall procure a license for the dog. The license must be
procured by paying a license fee to the county in which the
person resides not later than March 1 of each year or within 30
days after the person becomes keeper of the dog. However, the
county governing body may provide for dates other than March 1
for annual payment of fees.  The fee for the license shall be
determined by the county governing body in such amount as it
finds necessary to carry out ORS 609.040 to 609.110. A license
fee   { - shall - }  { +  may + } not be less than
  { - $25 - }  { +  $15 + } for each dog, except that the fee
 { - shall - }  { +   + }  { +  may + } not be less than $3 for
each spayed female or neutered male dog for which a
veterinarian's certificate of operation for the spaying or
neutering of the dog is presented to the county. If the person
fails to procure a license within the time provided by this
section, the county governing body may prescribe a penalty in an
additional sum to be set by the governing body.
  (2) The county shall, at the time of issuing a license, supply
the licensee, without charge, with a suitable identification
tag { + . + }   { - , which shall be fastened by - }  The
licensee  { +  shall fasten the tag + } to a collar and
 { - kept - }   { + keep the tag + } on the dog at all times when
not in the immediate possession of the licensee.
  (3) The license fees in subsection (1) of this section do not
apply to dogs that are kept primarily in kennels and are not
permitted to run at large. The county governing body may
establish a separate license for dogs that are kept primarily in
kennels when the dogs cease to be taxed as inventory under ORS
307.400  { - , - }  { + . + } The fee for   { - which shall - }
 { +  the license described in this subsection may + } not exceed
$5 per dog.
  (4)   { - No - }  { +  Payment of a + } license fee   { - shall
be - }  { +  is not + } required
  { - to be paid - }  for any dog kept by a blind person who uses
 { - it - }  { +  the dog + } as a guide.  { + The county shall
issue + } a license   { - shall be issued - } for   { - such - }
 { +  the + } dog upon the blind person's filing of an affidavit
with the county showing that the dog qualifies for exemption.
  (5) The county shall keep a record of dog licenses.
  (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or ORS
609.015, when the keeper of a dog obtains a license for the dog,
that license is valid and is in lieu of a license for the dog
required by any other city or county within this state, for the
remainder of the license period:
  (a) If the keeper of the dog changes residence to a city or
county other than the city or county in which the license was
issued; or
  (b) If the keeper of the dog transfers the keeping of the dog
to a person who resides in a city or county other than the city
or county in which the license was issued.
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