74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 2210
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2509
                  Ordered by the House March 21
            Including House Amendments dated March 21
 
Sponsored by Representatives LIM, MINNIS, FLORES; Representatives
  DALLUM, GILLIAM, GIROD, GREENLICK, KRUMMEL, SCHAUFLER, TOMEI,
  WHISNANT
 
 
                             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.
 
    { - Requires use of electronic signaling device by individual
or group engaging in mountain climbing above timberline during
five-month period. - }
   { +  Requires individual or group climbing above 10,000 feet
on Mount Hood during five-month period to carry two-way,
electronic communication device and electronic locator
device. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the use of electronic signaling devices; amending ORS
  401.625.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 401.625 is amended to read:
  401.625.  { + (1) An individual, or at least one individual in
a group, who engages in mountain climbing in the month of
November, December, January, February or March on Mount Hood at
an elevation above 10,000 feet shall carry a two-way, electronic
communication device and:
  (a) A global positioning system receiver;
  (b) A personal locator beacon transmitter;
  (c) A Mount Hood mountain locator unit; or
  (d) Other comparable device.
  (2) + } A person who guides for compensation an organized group
that includes children under 18 years of age on any mountain
 { + at a point + } above the timberline   { - must - }
 { + shall  + }carry an altimeter, a contour map of the area and
a compass.
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