75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 2789
 
LC 2811/HB 2789-1
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2789
 
                    By COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
 
                            April 10
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after 'ORS' insert '
166.260 and'.
  On page 3, after line 21, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + } ORS 166.260 is amended to read:
  ' 166.260. (1) ORS 166.250 does not apply to or affect:
  ' (a) Sheriffs, constables, marshals,  { + parole and probation
officers, + } police officers, whether active or honorably
retired,
  { - parole and probation officers - }  or other duly appointed
peace officers.
  ' (b) Any person summoned by any such officer to assist in
making arrests or preserving the peace, while said person so
summoned is actually engaged in assisting the officer.
  ' (c) The possession or transportation by any merchant of
unloaded firearms as merchandise.
  ' (d) Active or reserve members of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Coast Guard or Marine Corps of the United States, or of the
National Guard, when on duty.
  ' (e) Organizations which are by law authorized to purchase or
receive weapons described in ORS 166.250 from the United States,
or from this state.
  ' (f) Duly authorized military or civil organizations while
parading, or the members thereof when going to and from the
places of meeting of their organization.
  ' (g) A corrections officer while transporting or accompanying
an individual convicted of or arrested for an offense and
confined in a place of incarceration or detention while outside
the confines of the place of incarceration or detention.
  ' (h) A person who is licensed under ORS 166.291 and 166.292 to
carry a concealed handgun.
  ' (2) Except for persons who are otherwise prohibited from
possessing a firearm under ORS 166.250 (1)(c) or 166.270, ORS
166.250 does not apply to or affect:
  ' (a) Members of any club or organization, for the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon the established target
ranges, whether public or private, while such members are using
any of the firearms referred to in ORS 166.250 upon such target
ranges, or while going to and from such ranges.
  ' (b) Licensed hunters or fishermen while engaged in hunting or
fishing, or while going to or returning from a hunting or fishing
expedition.
  ' (3) The exceptions listed in subsection (1)(b) to (h) of this
section constitute affirmative defenses to a charge of violating
ORS 166.250.'.
  In line 22, delete '2' and insert '3'.
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