72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 2521
 
LC 2080/HB 2521-2
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2521
 
        By COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
 
                            April 16
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after 'tags' insert a
period and delete the rest of the line and delete line 3.
  Delete lines 5 through 31 and delete pages 2 and 3 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + Notwithstanding any other provision
of the wildlife laws, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife
shall create and implement a Southwest Oregon Landowner
Preference Pilot Program during the period beginning July 1,
2004, and ending June 30, 2008, that:
  ' (1) Addresses damage caused by elk on privately owned lands
in Jackson, Josephine, Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties.
  ' (2) Provides landowner preference tags only for areas where
elk are currently causing damage, where there has been a history
of elk damage coupled with actions to alleviate elk damage or
where the department has designated the area as an elk deemphasis
area.
  ' (3) Limits the use of tags to taking antlerless elk.
  ' (4) Limits the use of tags to taking elk on property owned,
leased or rented by the landowner complaining of elk damage or on
property owned, leased or rented by a business entity that
includes the landowner as a principal partner or shareholder.
  ' (5) Allows exchange of unused general season elk tags or
controlled hunt elk tags for landowner preference tags.
  ' (6) Does not impose a limit on the number of total tags
available for each property, except that no more than five tags
may be valid at any one time on a particular property.
  ' (7) Does not impose a minimum acreage requirement for
landowner participation.
  ' (8) Allows landowners to register for participation in the
program at any time prior to the issuance of tags.
  ' (9) Authorizes department biologists to sell and exchange
tags.
  ' (10) Authorizes department biologists to establish the period
of validity for tags through negotiation with landowners.
  ' (11) Requires landowners to record the number of elk taken
and, within 10 days after the end of a designated hunt period, to
report to the local department biologist the number of elk
taken. + } ' .
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