Chapter 672
AN ACT
HB 3188
Relating to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries;
creating new provisions; amending ORS 520.005, 520.025, 520.035, 520.045,
520.055, 520.095, 520.125, 520.145, 520.155, 520.165, 520.175, 520.210,
520.260, 520.300, 520.310, 520.330 and 520.991; repealing ORS 520.015, 520.105,
520.115 and 520.135; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. ORS 520.005 is amended to read:
520.005. As used in this
chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
[(1) “And” includes “or” and “or” includes “and.”]
[(2) “Board” means the governing board of the State Department of
Geology and Mineral Industries.]
[(3)] (1) “Condensate” means liquid hydrocarbons that were
originally in the gaseous phase in the reservoir.
[(4)] (2) “Field” means the general area underlaid by one or
more pools.
[(5)] (3) “Gas” means all natural gas and all other fluid
hydrocarbons not defined as oil in subsection [(6)] (5) of this section, including condensate originally in
the gaseous phase in the reservoir.
(4) “Information hole”
means a hole drilled for information purposes only, including but not limited
to core holes, stratigraphic holes or other test holes.
[(6)] (5) “Oil” means crude petroleum oil and all other
hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, [which]
that are produced in liquid form by ordinary production methods, but
does not include liquid hydrocarbons that were originally in a gaseous phase in
the reservoir.
[(7)] (6) “Person” means any natural person, partnership,
corporation, association, receiver, trustee, guardian, fiduciary, executor,
administrator, representative of any kind, or the State of Oregon and any [of its political subdivisions, boards,
agencies or commissions] public body as defined in ORS 174.109.
[(8)] (7) “Pool” means an underground reservoir containing a
common accumulation of oil and natural gas. A zone of a structure [which] that is completely
separated from any other zone in the same structure is a pool.
[(9)] (8) “Owner” means a person who has the right to drill
into and to produce from any pool and to appropriate the oil or gas produced
therefrom either for others, for the person or for the person and others.
[(10) “Producer” means the owner of one or more wells capable of
producing oil or gas or both.]
[(11)] (9) “Protect correlative rights” means that the action
or regulation by the board affords a reasonable opportunity to each person
entitled thereto to recover or receive the oil or gas in the tract or tracts of
the person or the equivalent thereof, without being required to drill
unnecessary wells or to incur other unnecessary expense to recover or receive
such oil or gas or its equivalent.
(10) “Seismic program”
means the collection of seismic exploration data through a continuous
field operation.
(11) “Sidetrack” means
to reenter a well from the well’s surface location with drilling equipment for
the purpose of deviating from the existing well bore to achieve production from
an alternate zone or bottom hole location, or to
remedy an engineering problem encountered in the existing well bore.
(12) “Unit area” means
one or more pools or parts thereof under unit operation pursuant to ORS 520.260
to 520.330 and 520.230 (2).
[(13) “Well” means a well drilled in search of oil or gas, but shall not
include core test wells, stratigraphic test wells, seismic test wells or wells
drilled for information purposes only as distinguished from wells drilled for
the purpose of producing oil or gas if found.]
[(14)] (13) “Underground reservoir” means any subsurface
sand, strata, formation, aquifer, cavern or void whether natural or
artificially created, suitable for the injection and storage of natural gas
therein and the withdrawal of natural gas therefrom, but excluding a pool.
[(15)] (14) “Underground storage” means the process of
injecting and storing natural gas within and withdrawing natural gas from an
underground reservoir.
(15) “Waste of oil or
gas” means:
(a) The inefficient,
excessive or improper use or dissipation of reservoir energy of any pool, or
the locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of any oil
well or gas well in a manner that results or may result in reducing the
quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable from any pool; or
(b) The inefficient
storing of oil and the locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or
producing of oil wells or gas wells in a manner that causes or may cause
unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas.
(16)(a) “Well” means a
well drilled for the purpose of producing or storing oil or gas or other
gaseous substances, reservoir pressure maintenance, disposal of produced
fluids, and injection of water as part of a water flood.
(b) “Well” includes a
well drilled in search of a new or undiscovered pool, or with the intent of
extending the limits of a developed pool.
(c) “Well” does not
include an information hole or a hole drilled as part of a seismic program.
SECTION 2. Section 3 of this 2007 Act is added to and
made a part of ORS chapter 520.
SECTION 3. (1) The following fees are established under
this chapter:
(a) The application fee
for a permit to drill a well, $2,000.
(b) The fee for a
request to extend the period for completion of drilling, $500.
(c) The fee to modify
operations at a well, $1,500.
(d) The fee to sidetrack
a well, $500.
(e) The fee to plug and
abandon a well, $1,000.
(f) The annual renewal
fee for operation and maintenance of a well, $1,500 the first renewal year and
$500 for each subsequent year.
(g) The application fee
for a permit to drill an information hole is to be determined by the State
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries based on the estimated cost of
review and approval, and the number and location of holes to be drilled. The
fee may not exceed $1,000 per information hole.
(h) The fee for approval
of a seismic program shall be determined by the department based on the
estimated cost of review and approval, but may not exceed $1,000.
(2) The governing board
of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries by rule may specify a
schedule of fees for costs incurred by the department for activities related to
field designation for purposes of this section.
(3) All moneys received
by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries under this section
shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the
credit of the Geology and Mineral Industries Account established in ORS
516.070.
SECTION 4. ORS 520.025 is amended to read:
520.025. (1) [No person proposing to drill any well for
oil or gas or proposing to drill or use any well for underground storage of gas
in an underground reservoir shall commence the drilling or use until the person
has applied to the State Geologist upon a form prescribed by the State
Geologist for a permit to operate the well, paid to the governing board of the
State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries a nonrefundable fee set by
the board not to exceed $250 for each such application, posted] A person
may not drill or use a well without first obtaining a permit from the State
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries and posting any bond that may
be required pursuant to ORS 520.095 (1). [and obtained the permit to drill the well pursuant to subsection (5) of
this section. A permit shall remain valid for] Drilling must be
completed within one year from the date [it] the permit is issued unless an extension is granted
under subsection (2) of this section. When drilling has been completed, the
well must be maintained under a permit until it is properly plugged and the
site is reclaimed.
(2) An unused permit may
be extended by the [State Geologist] department
for a reasonable period [not to exceed
one additional year beyond the initial one-year period,] upon receipt of a
written request from the permittee before the expiration date of the permit.
The request shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee [set by the board not to exceed $250] established under section 3
of this 2007 Act.
(3) [The] A permittee maintaining
or operating a well shall provide [an
annual nonrefundable fee set by the board not to exceed $500 on or before the
anniversary of the issuance date of each active permit] the department
with an annual report on a form provided by the department. Subject to the
determinations in subsection (4) of this section, a permittee shall renew the
permit for a well by paying the fee established under section 3 of this 2007
Act.
[(4) The State Geologist shall require that the form indicate:]
[(a) The location of the well.]
[(b) The name and address of the mineral
owner, surface owner, operator and any other person responsible for the conduct
of the drilling operations.]
[(c) The elevation of the well above sea
level.]
[(d) Such information as is necessary to determine whether the method of
drilling and equipment to be used in drilling the well comply with applicable
laws and rules.]
[(e) Such other relevant information as the State Geologist deems
reasonably necessary to effectuate the purpose of this chapter.]
[(5)(a)] (4)(a) If upon receipt of
the application the [State Geologist]
department determines that the method and equipment to be used by the
applicant in drilling or [using] operating
the well comply with applicable laws and rules, the [State Geologist] department shall issue the permit.
(b) The [State Geologist] department may
refuse to issue, refuse to renew [a
permit] or revoke a permit issued pursuant to this [subsection] section if the [State Geologist] department determines that methods or
equipment to be used or being used in drilling or [using] operating the well do not comply with applicable laws
or rules, or that the well will not be operated and maintained or is not
being operated or maintained in compliance with the permit and applicable laws
or rules.
[(6) All moneys paid to the department under this section shall be
deposited with the State Treasurer and are continuously appropriated to the
department for the administration of ORS 520.025, 520.095, 520.145 and 520.210.]
SECTION 5. Section 6 of this 2007 Act is added to and
made a part of ORS chapter 520.
SECTION 6. (1) A person may not drill an information
hole or a hole drilled as part of a seismic program without first applying for
approval from the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries and paying
the fee established in section 3 of this 2007 Act. The application must be
submitted on a form provided by the department and must include all information
requested by the department.
(2) A person issued an
approval under this section shall comply with all terms of the department’s
approval and any other applicable law or rule. The department may not require
the person receiving approval under this section to provide information from
seismic programs. The department may require the submittal of information from
information holes, but the information is a trade secret under ORS 192.501 and
is not subject to public disclosure under ORS 192.410 to 192.505.
SECTION 7. ORS 520.035 is amended to read:
520.035. The waste of
oil [and] or gas, as defined
in ORS [520.015] 520.005, [hereby] is prohibited.
SECTION 8. ORS 520.045 is amended to read:
520.045. The [governing board of the] State Department
of Geology and Mineral Industries [shall
make such inquiries as it may think proper to] may determine whether
[or not] waste of oil or gas
over which it has jurisdiction exists or is imminent. In the exercise of such
power the [board] department
may:
(1) Collect data.
(2) Make investigations
and inspections.
(3) Examine properties,
leases, papers, books and records, including drilling records and logs.
(4) Examine, check, test
and gauge oil and gas wells and tanks.
(5) Hold hearings.
(6) Provide for the
keeping of records and the making of reports.
(7) Take such action as
may be reasonably necessary to enforce this chapter.
SECTION 9. ORS 520.055 is amended to read:
520.055. (1) The
governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries has
jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, including tidal
submerged and submersible lands of this state under ORS 274.705 to 274.860, necessary
to enforce effectively this chapter and all other laws relating to the
conservation of oil and gas.
(2) In addition to and
not in lieu of any other powers granted under this chapter, the [State Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries and its governing board may in compliance with ORS 520.105
promulgate reasonable] board may adopt rules[, regulations] and issue orders
necessary to regulate geological, geophysical and seismic surveys on, and
operations to remove [oil, gas and]
sulfur from, the tidal submerged and submersible lands of this state
under ORS 274.705 to 274.860.
SECTION 10. ORS 520.095 is amended to read:
520.095. The governing
board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may [make, in compliance with ORS chapter 183,
such reasonable] adopt rules and issue orders, and the
department may issue orders, as may be necessary in the proper
administration and enforcement of this chapter, including but not limited to
rules and orders for the following purposes:
(1) To require the
drilling, casing and plugging of wells to be done in such a manner as to
prevent the escape of oil or gas out of one stratum to another; to prevent the
intrusion of water into oil or gas strata; to prevent the pollution of fresh
water supplies by oil, gas or salt water; and to require reasonable bond
conditioned upon compliance with applicable laws and rules and upon the
performance of the duty to plug each dry or abandoned well.
(2) To compel the filing
of logs from wells, including electrical logs, if any are taken,
drilling records, typical drill cuttings or cores, if cores are taken, [in] with the office of the State
Geologist [within 20 days from the date
of completion or abandonment of any well. For a period of two years from the
date of abandonment or completion, such logs or other records or drill cuttings
or cores shall be kept confidential and shall not be accessible to public
inspection. However, the two-year confidentiality period may be extended for
such time as the State Geologist determines is necessary for the reasonable
protection of the economic interests of the person who has engaged in the
drilling activity].
(3) To prevent wells
from being drilled, operated and produced in such a manner as to cause injury
to neighboring leases or property.
(4) To prevent the
drowning by water of any stratum or part thereof capable of producing oil or
gas in paying quantities, and to prevent the premature and irregular
encroachment of water [which] that
reduces, or tends to reduce, the total ultimate recovery of oil or gas from any
pool.
(5) To require the
operation of wells with efficient gas-oil ratios, and to fix ratios.
(6) To prevent blowouts,
caving and seepage in the same sense that conditions indicated by such terms
are generally understood in the oil and gas business.
(7) To prevent fires.
(8) To identify the
ownership of all oil and gas wells, producing leases, tanks, plants, structures
and all storage equipment and facilities.
(9) To regulate the [“shooting”] stimulation and
chemical treatment of wells.
(10) To regulate
secondary recovery methods, including the introduction of gas, air, water or
other substance into producing formations.
[(11) To regulate the spacing of wells.]
[(12)] (11) To require the filing
currently of information as to the volume of oil and gas, or either of them,
produced and saved from the respective properties.
[(13)] (12) To require [a
permit issued by the State Geologist for the drilling of stratigraphic test
wells, core test wells, seismic test wells or other wells drilled only for
information purposes, giving the location thereof, and to require the filing
with the State Geologist of a plugging report within 90 days after completion
of such well. A reasonable fee, not to exceed $100, set by rule may be required
in connection with the filing of an application for a permit. The State
Geologist may require reasonable bond or other financial assurance acceptable
to the State Geologist and conditioned upon compliance with applicable laws and
rules and upon the performance of the duty to reasonably protect] the
protection of ground water. [The
board shall consult with the Water Resources Commission when developing rules
for drilling and abandonment of stratigraphic test wells, core test wells,
seismic test wells or other wells as described in this subsection. Wells
included in this subsection may be converted to water wells,
provided the conversion conforms with ORS 537.747 to 537.780.]
[(14)] (13) To require the disposal
of salt water and oil field waste so as not to damage land or property
unnecessarily.
[(15)] (14) To require that wells
drilled for oil or gas be logged adequately enough to identify the geologic
formations penetrated by the wells.
[(16)] (15) To regulate the
underground storage of natural gas and the drilling and operation of any wells
required therefor.
[(17)] (16) To require the mitigation of off-site impacts
of drilling and to require reclamation for subsequent beneficial use
of drill sites and adjacent areas adversely affected by drilling or use of
the well and the filling of sumps [for
beneficial subsequent use].
(17) To require
performance bonds or other forms of financial security for compliance with the
requirements of this chapter and rules adopted or orders issued under this
chapter.
(18) To regulate
exploratory wells, including stratigraphic wells and seismic program test
wells, subject to the limitations in section 6 of this 2007 Act.
(19) To regulate
geological, geophysical and seismic surveys on, and operations to remove oil,
gas and sulfur from, the tidal submerged and submersible lands of this state
under ORS 274.705 to 274.860.
SECTION 11. Section 12 of this 2007 Act is added to and
made a part of ORS chapter 520.
SECTION 12. (1) For a period of two years from the date
of abandonment or completion of a well, all well logs and records and well
reports submitted to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries are
trade secrets under ORS 192.501 and are not subject to public disclosure under
ORS 192.410 to 192.505, and all drill cuttings and cores may not be disclosed
to the public unless such protection is waived by the permittee or disclosure
is required by a court order.
(2) The department may
extend the period under subsection (1) of this section up to an additional five
years on the request of the permittee or the permittee’s successor in interest.
SECTION 13. ORS 520.125 is amended to read:
520.125. (1) The
governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may
summon witnesses, administer oaths and require the production of records, books
and documents for examination at any hearing or investigation conducted before
the board. [No person shall be excused
from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers and records
before the board or a court or from obedience to the subpoena of the board or a
court on the grounds that such testimony or evidence required of the person may
tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to any penalty or
forfeiture. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed as requiring
any person to produce any books, papers or records or to testify in response to
any inquiry not pertinent to some question lawfully before such board or court
for determination. No natural person shall be subjected to criminal prosecution
or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or
thing concerning which, in spite of the objection of the person, the person may
be required to testify or produce evidence before the board or a court.
However, no person so testifying shall be exempted from prosecution and
punishment for perjury in so testifying.]
(2) In case of failure
or refusal on the part of any person to comply with the subpoena issued by the
board or in the case of the refusal of any witness to testify as to any matter
regarding which the witness may lawfully be interrogated it shall be the duty
of the circuit court of any county or any judge thereof, upon application of
the board, to issue an order to show cause why such person should not be held
for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena
issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein.
(3) The board [or any party] may, in any matter before
the board, cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the
state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil
suits in the circuit courts of this state.
SECTION 14. ORS 520.145 is amended to read:
520.145. Any person
adversely affected by any rule[,
regulation or an order entered] adopted by the governing board of
the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries under this chapter or
any order issued by the board or the State Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries under this chapter may obtain judicial review thereof pursuant
to ORS chapter 183.
SECTION 15. ORS 520.155 is amended to read:
520.155. [No person shall] A person may not,
for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter or any rule[, regulation or order of the governing board
of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries] adopted or
order issued under this chapter, make or cause to be made any false entry
or statement in a report required by this chapter or by any rule[, regulation] or order [of the board or] under this chapter,
make or cause to be made any false entry in any record, account or other
writing required by this chapter or by any rule[, regulation] or order [of
the board or] under this chapter, omit or cause to be omitted from
any such record, account or writing[,]
full, true and correct entries as required by this chapter or any rule[, regulation or order of the board] or
order under this chapter, or remove from this state[,] or destroy, mutilate, alter or falsify any such record, account
or writing.
SECTION 16. ORS 520.165 is amended to read:
520.165. [No person shall] A person may not
knowingly aid or abet any other person in the violation of any provision of
this chapter or [of] any rule[, regulation]
adopted or order [of the governing
board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries] issued
under this chapter.
SECTION 17. ORS 520.175 is amended to read:
520.175. (1) Whenever it
appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of
this chapter or any rule[, regulation] adopted or order [of] issued under this chapter, the governing board of the
State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries[, the board shall] may bring an action against such person
in the circuit court of any county where the violation occurs or is threatened,
to restrain such person from continuing such violation. In any such action, the
court shall have jurisdiction to grant to the board, without bond or other
undertaking, such temporary restraining orders or final prohibitory and
mandatory injunctions as the facts may warrant, including any such orders
restraining the movement or disposition of oil or gas.
(2) If the board fails
to bring an action to enjoin a violation or threatened violation of any
provision of this chapter or [of] any
rule[, regulation] adopted or
order [of the board] issued under
this chapter, within [15] 60
days after receipt of a written request to do so by any person who is or will
be adversely affected by such violation, then the person making such request
may bring an action to restrain such violation or threatened violation in any
court in which the board might have brought such action. The board shall be
made a party defendant in such action in addition to the person or persons
bringing the action and the action shall proceed and injunctive relief may be
granted without bond in the same manner as if the action had been brought by
the board.
SECTION 18. ORS 520.210 is amended to read:
520.210. (1) When
necessary to prevent waste[,] of
oil or gas, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells or to protect
correlative rights, the governing board of the State Department of
Geology and Mineral Industries shall establish spacing units for a pool or
field. Spacing units when established shall be of uniform size and shape
for the entire pool or field, except that when found to be necessary for
any of the above purposes the board is authorized to divide any pool or
field into zones and establish spacing units for each zone, which units may
differ in size and shape from those established in any other zone. The board
may not establish spacing units for injection wells, withdrawal wells or
monitoring wells drilled for the purpose of storing gas or other gaseous
substances, or wells drilled for the underground disposal of fluids.
(2) The size and shape
of spacing units shall be such as will result in efficient and economical
development of the pool or field as a whole and the size thereof [shall] may not be smaller than
the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one well.
(3) An order
establishing spacing units for a pool or field shall specify the size
and shape of each unit and the location of [the]
each permitted well thereon in accordance with a reasonably uniform
spacing plan. If an owner finds that a well drilled at the prescribed location
would not produce in paying quantities or that surface conditions would
substantially add to the burden or hazard of drilling such well, then the owner
may apply to the [State Geologist] department
for permission to drill a well at a location other than that prescribed by such
spacing order. The [State Geologist] department
shall notify adjacent mineral owners of such application and any such owner may
request a hearing by the board to consider the application. If no request for a
hearing is made in writing within 20 days, the [State Geologist] department may issue an order approving the
drilling site. Any order by the board or [State
Geologist] department under this section shall include in the order
suitable provisions to prevent the production from the spacing unit of more
than its just and equitable share of the oil and gas in the pool.
(4) An order
establishing spacing units for a pool or field shall cover all
lands determined or believed to be underlaid by such pool or field and
may be modified by the board from time to time to include additional areas
determined to be underlaid by such pool or field. When [found necessary for the prevention of waste
or] necessary to prevent waste of oil or gas, to protect correlative
rights or to provide for more efficient drainage, an order establishing
spacing units in a pool or field may be modified by the board to
increase the size of spacing units for future wells in a pool or
field or any zone thereof or to permit the drilling of additional wells on
a reasonably uniform plan in such pool, field or zone.
SECTION 19. ORS 520.260 is amended to read:
520.260. (1) The governing
board [as defined in ORS 520.005,] of
the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries upon its own motion
may, and upon the application of any interested person shall, hold a hearing to
consider the need for the operation as a unit of one or more pools or parts
thereof in a field.
(2) The board shall make
an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or part thereof if it finds
that:
(a) Unit operation is
reasonably necessary to effectively carry on pressure control, pressure
maintenance or repressuring operations, cycling operations, water flooding
operations, injection operations, or any combination thereof, or any other
method of recovery designed to substantially increase the ultimate recovery of
oil from the pool or pools; and
(b) The value of the
estimated additional recovery of oil or gas exceeds the estimated additional
cost incident to conducting unit operations.
SECTION 20. ORS 520.300 is amended to read:
520.300. An order
providing for unit operations may be amended by an order made by the [board, as defined in ORS 520.005,] governing
board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries in the same
manner and subject to the same conditions as an original order providing for
unit operations. However:
(1) If the amendment
affects only the rights and interests of the owners, the approval of the
amendment by the royalty owners is not required.
(2) The order of
amendment may not change the percentage for the allocation of:
(a) Oil and gas as
established for any separately owned tract by the original order, except with
the consent of all persons owning oil and gas rights in the tract; or
(b) Cost as established
for any separately owned tract by the original order, except with the consent
of all owners in the tract.
SECTION 21. ORS 520.310 is amended to read:
520.310. (1) The [board, as defined in ORS 520.005,] governing
board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries by order
may provide for the unit operation of a pool or pools or parts thereof that
embrace a unit area established by a previous order of the board. The order, in
providing for the allocation of unit production, shall first treat as a single
tract the unit area previously established, and the portion of the unit
production so allocated thereto shall then be allocated among the separately
owned tracts included in the previously established unit area in the same
proportions as those specified in the previous order.
(2) An order may provide
for unit operations on less than the whole of a pool where the unit area is of
such size and shape as may reasonably be required for that purpose,
and the conduct thereof will have no adverse effect upon other portions of the
pool.
SECTION 22. ORS 520.330 is amended to read:
520.330. All operations,
including but not limited to the commencement, drilling or operation of a well,
upon any portion of the unit area, are considered for all purposes the conduct
of such operations upon each separately owned tract in the unit area by the
several owners thereof. The portion of the unit production allocated to a
separately owned tract in a unit area, when produced, is considered for all
purposes to have been actually produced from that tract by a well drilled
thereon. Operations conducted pursuant to an order of the [board, as defined in ORS 520.005,] governing board of the State
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries providing for unit operations
constitute a fulfillment of all the express or implied obligations of each
lease or contract covering lands in the unit area to the extent that compliance
with such obligations cannot be had because of the order of the board.
SECTION 23. ORS 520.991 is amended to read:
520.991. Subject to ORS
153.022, violation of any provision of this chapter [or any rule, regulation or order of], any rule adopted by
the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries under
this chapter or any order issued by the board or the State Department of
Geology and Mineral Industries under this chapter is punishable, upon conviction,
by a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term
not exceeding six months, or both.
SECTION 24. ORS 520.015, 520.105, 520.115 and 520.135
are repealed.
SECTION 25. This 2007 Act being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is
declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect on its passage.
Approved by the Governor June 27, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 27, 2007
Effective date June 27, 2007
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