Chapter 242 Oregon Laws 2009

AN ACT

SB 533

Relating to shopping cart regulations; amending ORS 199.890.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 199.890 is amended to read:

          199.890. (1) A local government may enact or adopt an ordinance, charter provision, resolution or other regulation to prohibit the unauthorized appropriation of a shopping cart from the business premises of the person that owns the shopping cart and to provide for the salvage or reclamation of an abandoned shopping cart.

          (2) An ordinance, charter provision, resolution or other regulation enacted or adopted as described in subsection (1) of this section shall substantially conform with the requirements set forth in ORS 199.891. This subsection does not preclude a local government from enacting or adopting an ordinance, charter provision, resolution or other regulation related to [the collection or retrieval of abandoned shopping carts by a person that is] persons that supply shopping carts for public use and that are subject to but not in compliance with ORS 199.891 (1)[(d)].

          (3) For purposes of this section, “local government” means a city, county, special district or other public commission, authority or entity organized under state statute or city or county charter.

Approved by the Governor June 11, 2009

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 11, 2009

Effective date January 1, 2010

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