72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 3752
 
                         Senate Bill 933
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES
 
 
                             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.
 
  Specifies that State Department of Fish and Wildlife or agents
may hunt game mammals or game birds from aircraft for wildlife
management or in emergency situations.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to aerial hunting; amending ORS 498.126.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 498.126, as amended by section 1, chapter ___,
Oregon Laws 2003 (Enrolled House Bill 2209), is amended to read:
  498.126. (1) A person may not:
  (a) Hunt game mammals or game birds from or with the aid of an
aircraft.
  (b) Transmit from an aircraft to a person not in the aircraft
information regarding the location of any game mammals or game
birds.
  (c) Otherwise use an aircraft to assist another person in
hunting or locating game mammals or game birds for the purpose of
hunting.
  (2) A person may not hunt any game mammal within eight hours
after having been transported by aircraft to or from any place
other than a recognized airport that the Oregon Department of
Aviation has licensed as a public use airport, registered as a
personal use airport or specifically exempted from licensing or
registration.
  (3) Every pilot shall maintain a log book that shows the names
and addresses of record of the persons transported, point of
departure, point of destination, time and date of each flight
that the pilot makes in an aircraft within this state to
transport a person to or from any place to hunt. The log book is
subject to inspection by any person authorized to enforce the
wildlife laws.
  (4)(a) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section,
and except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the
State Department of Fish and Wildlife, or its agents, may conduct
wildlife management activities necessary for scientific research
or, in emergency situations, to protect human safety, wildlife
species or property by:
  (A) Hunting game mammals or game birds  { + from or + } with
the aid of an aircraft; or
  (B) Transmitting from an aircraft information regarding the
location of any game mammal or game bird.
  (b) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall define by rule
the terms 'emergency situations' and 'necessary' for purposes of
implementation of this section.
  (5) If the definition of 'game mammal' in ORS 496.004 is
modified to include wolves, then the department may conduct wolf
management activities under this section only under a statewide
wolf management plan adopted by the commission.
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