71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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                         Senate Bill 318
 
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 Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
  M.D., for Oregon State Lottery)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Creates defense to crime of possession of gambling records in
second degree.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to gambling; amending ORS 167.142.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 167.142 is amended to read:
  167.142.  { + (1) + } In any prosecution under ORS 167.132 or
167.137 it is a defense if the writing, paper, instrument or
article possessed by the defendant is neither used nor intended
to be used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme
or enterprise, or in the operation, promotion or playing of a
lottery or numbers scheme or enterprise.
   { +  (2) In any prosecution under ORS 167.132 it is a defense
if the writing, paper, instrument or article possessed by the
defendant originates from a lottery that is lawfully operated
under the laws of a state and the defendant possesses the
writing, paper, instrument or article solely in the defendant's
capacity as a player. + }
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