75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 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
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LC 1009
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2219
                   Ordered by the House May 1
             Including House Amendments dated May 1
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for State Department of Fish and Wildlife)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Extends sunset on landowner preference tags program.
  { - Modifies provisions of landowner preference tags program
related to transfer of tags. Creates new landowner preference
tags program. - }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
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.
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