72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 2084
 
                         House Bill 2516
 
Sponsored by Representative KRUSE
 
 
                             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.
 
  Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop and
implement plan to control and reduce pinniped predation of
salmonids in waters of state. Requires department to submit plan
to appropriate interim committees of Seventy-second Legislative
Assembly and to United States Secretary of Commerce for review.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to pinniped predation of salmonids; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall
develop and implement a plan to control and reduce, through
nonlethal means, pinniped predation of salmonids in the waters of
this state. The plan shall include all feasible and prudent
alternatives. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + By April 1, 2004, and prior to implementing the
plan required by section 1 of this 2003 Act, the State Department
of Fish and Wildlife shall submit the plan to the appropriate
interim committees of the Seventy-second Legislative Assembly for
review and to the United States Secretary of Commerce for review
under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1361 to
1421h. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + 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. + }
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