73rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2005 Regular Session
 
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LC 2926
 
                         House Bill 2651
 
Sponsored by Representative ANDERSON
 
 
                             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.
 
  Allows counties to adopt ordinances regulating, restricting or
prohibiting discharge of firearms within urban growth boundary.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to firearm usage within an urban growth boundary;
  amending ORS 166.171.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 166.171 is amended to read:
  166.171. (1) A county may adopt ordinances to regulate,
restrict or prohibit the discharge of firearms within their
boundaries.
  (2) Ordinances adopted under subsection (1) of this section may
not apply to or affect:
  (a) A person discharging a firearm in the lawful defense of
person or property.
  (b) A person discharging a firearm in the course of lawful
hunting { +  outside the limits of an urban growth boundary + }.
  (c) A landowner and guests of the landowner discharging a
firearm, when the discharge will not endanger adjacent persons or
property.
  (d) A person discharging a firearm on a public or private
shooting range, shooting gallery or other area designed and built
for the purpose of target shooting.
  (e) A person discharging a firearm in the course of target
shooting on public land that is not inside an urban growth
boundary or the boundary of a city, if the discharge will not
endanger persons or property.
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