Chapter 225 Oregon Laws 2003

AN ACT

HB 3058

Relating to identification cards; amending ORS 471.130; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 471.130 is amended to read:

471.130. (1) All licensees and permittees of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, before selling or serving alcoholic liquor to any person about whom there is any reasonable doubt of the person’s having reached 21 years of age, shall require such person to produce one of the following pieces of identification:

(a) The person’s passport.

(b) The person’s motor vehicle operator’s license, whether issued in this state or by any other state, so long as the license has a picture of the person.

(d) A United States military identification card.

[(d)] (e) Any other identification card issued by a state[, or any United States military identification card,] that bears a picture of the person, the name of the person, the person’s date of birth and a physical description of the person.

(2) If a person does not have identification as described in subsection (1) of this section, the permittee or licensee shall require such person to make a written statement of age and furnish evidence of the person’s true age and identity. The written statement of age shall be on a form furnished or approved by the commission, including but not limited to the following information:

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Date ____

I am 21 years of age or over. ____

Signature

Description of evidence in support of age and identity:

__Identification No. (if any) __

Fill in information pertaining to any two or more pieces of evidence submitted by the person.)

I hereby certify that I have accurately recorded identification of the evidence submitted to complete this form.

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Signature of

permittee or licensee

ORS 165.805 provides as follows:

165.805. (1) A person commits the crime of misrepresentation of age by a minor if:

(a) Being less than a certain, specified age, the person knowingly purports to be of any age other than the person’s true age with the intent of securing a right, benefit or privilege which by law is denied to persons under that certain, specified age; or

(b) (Not applicable.)

(2) Misrepresentation of age by a minor is a Class C misdemeanor.

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SECTION 2. This 2003 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2003 Act takes effect on its passage.

Approved by the Governor June 6, 2003

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 6, 2003

Effective date June 6, 2003

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