Chapter 8
AN ACT
SB 240
Relating to Southwest Oregon Landowner Preference Pilot Program;
amending section 1, chapter 461, Oregon Laws 2003.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1.
Section 1, chapter 461, Oregon Laws 2003, is amended to read:
Sec. 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,] 2014, that:
(1) Addresses damage
caused by elk on privately owned lands in
(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.
Approved by the Governor March 21, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State March 21, 2007
Effective date January 1, 2008
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