73rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2005 Regular Session
 
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LC 1887
 
                         Senate Bill 937
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
 
 
                             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.
 
  Creates crime of unlawful possession of large capacity
magazine. Punishes by maximum imprisonment of five years,
$125,000 fine, or both.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to large capacity magazines.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful
possession of a large capacity magazine if the person knowingly
possesses or has in the person's possession a large capacity
magazine.
  (2) Unlawful possession of a large capacity magazine is a Class
C felony.
  (3) This section does not apply to:
  (a) A police officer as defined in ORS 181.610.
  (b) An active or reserve member of the military forces of this
state or of the United States when engaged in the performance of
duty.
  (4) As used in this section, 'large capacity magazine ' means
any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more
than 10 rounds of ammunition, but does not include:
  (a) A feeding device that has been permanently altered so that
it cannot accommodate more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
  (b) A tubular magazine that is contained in a lever action
firearm.
  (c) A 0.22 caliber tube ammunition feeding device. + }
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