Chapter 349 Oregon Laws 2009

AN ACT

HB 2219

Relating to landowner preference tags; amending section 2, chapter 460, Oregon Laws 1995.

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

SECTION 1. Section 2, chapter 460, Oregon Laws 1995, as amended by section 1, chapter 227, Oregon Laws 2001, is amended to read:

Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, during the period beginning January 1, 1996, and ending January 2, [2010,] 2014, the following provisions apply with regard to the issuance and use of landowner preference tags referred to in ORS 496.146 (4):

          (1) Landowner preference tags shall be issued for the hunting of deer, elk or antelope.

          (2) Landowner preference tags may be used only for hunting on the landowner’s property.

          (3) Landowner preference tags for the hunting of deer or elk may be transferred to any person of the landowner’s choosing and shall be used for the taking of antlerless animals except as authorized by subsection (6) of this section.

          (4) Landowner preference tags for the hunting of antelope are not transferable and may not be used for the taking of buck antelope.

          (5) Each landowner preference tag for the hunting of deer or elk may be used to take two antlerless animals before, during or after the hunting season for which the tags are valid for the purpose of alleviating damage that is presently occurring to the landowner’s property, in accordance with such rules as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may adopt.

          (6) Landowner preference tags for the hunting of deer or elk that are transferred to a person of the landowner’s choosing who is not a member of the landowner’s immediate family may be used to take an antlered animal only as follows:

          (a) If the landowner receives one preference tag, that tag may not be so used.

          (b) If the landowner receives two, three or four preference tags, one of those tags may be so used.

          (c) If the landowner receives five, six or seven preference tags, two of those tags may be so used.

          (d) If the landowner receives eight, nine or 10 preference tags, three of those tags may be so used.

Approved by the Governor June 18, 2009

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 18, 2009

Effective date January 1, 2010

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