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
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LC 4185
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 956
                  Ordered by the Senate May 23
            Including Senate Amendments dated May 23
 
Sponsored by Senators METSGER, MINNIS
 
 
                             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 person to bring civil action against owner or
operator of equipment that causes interference with radio
communications sent or received by public safety agency if
interference results in injury, death or damage to plaintiff. - }
 { + Requires court to award treble damages in civil action
arising out of conduct that would constitute violation of certain
criminal provisions dealing with interference with animal
research or animal production. Requires court also to award cost
of repeating experiment if conduct causes failure of or
irreparable damage to experiment. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to civil actions.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + In any civil action arising out of conduct that
would constitute a violation of ORS 167.312 or 167.388, the court
shall award treble the amount of damages caused to real or
personal property by the violation. In addition, in any civil
action arising out of conduct that would constitute a violation
of ORS 167.312, the court shall award the costs of repeating
experiments, including but not limited to the costs of replacing
records, data, equipment, specimens, labor and materials, if the
conduct causes the failure of an experiment in progress or
irreparable damage to completed research or experimentation. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2001 Act applies only to
causes of action arising on or after the effective date of this
2001 Act. + }
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