75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1012
 
                         House Bill 2221
 
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 as
introduced.
 
  Creates crime of sale or purchase of hunts for feral swine.
Punishes by maximum imprisonment of one year, $6,250 fine, or
both, and revocation of hunting licenses, tags and permits for
period of 24 months. Makes sale or purchase of hunts for feral
swine violation punishable by $1,000 fine and revocation of
hunting licenses, tags and permits for period of 24 months.
  Creates crime of knowingly allowing feral swine to roam on
private land. Punishes by maximum imprisonment of one year,
$6,250 fine, or both.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to feral swine.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Sections 2 and 3 of this 2009 Act are added to
and made a part of ORS chapter 498. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) A person may not offer for sale, sell or
purchase a hunt for feral swine on public or private lands.
  (2) Violation of subsection (1) of this section is a Class A
misdemeanor. A person may not be convicted under this subsection
if a civil penalty has been imposed against the person under
subsection (3) of this section.
  (3)(a) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may impose a
civil penalty of $1,000 for a violation of subsection (1) of this
section.
  (b) Civil penalties described in this subsection shall be
imposed in the manner provided in ORS 183.745. A civil penalty
may not be imposed against a person under this subsection if the
person has been convicted under subsection (2) of this section.
  (4) Notwithstanding ORS 497.415 (1), (2), (3) and (5) and in
addition to any criminal penalty or civil penalty imposed under
this section, when a person is convicted under subsection (2) of
this section or a civil penalty is imposed under subsection (3)
of this section, the commission shall revoke all hunting
licenses, tags and permits issued to the person under the
wildlife laws, and the person may not apply for or obtain any
hunting license, tag or permit for a period of 24 months after
the conviction or imposition of the civil penalty. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) A person, or an employee of that person who
acts as a land manager, may not knowingly, as defined in ORS
161.085, allow feral swine to roam on land owned or controlled by
that person.
  (2) A person, or an employee of that person who acts as a land
manager, shall take, hunt or trap, or cause to be taken, hunted
or trapped, any feral swine that roams on land owned or
controlled by that person in violation of subsection (1) of this
section. ORS 497.075 does not apply to this subsection.
  (3) Violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. + }
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