75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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LC 3442
 
                           B-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 545
                  Ordered by the Senate June 26
     Including Senate Amendments dated April 23 and June 26
 
Sponsored by Senators MORSE, ATKINSON, BATES
 
 
                             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.
 
  Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to conduct study
of fish hatcheries for purposes relating to environmental impact
and fiscal feasibility of producing trout that are free, or
almost free, of pathogens.   { - Directs Legislative Fiscal
Office to assist department in computing costs. - }  Directs
department to report findings to   { - Seventy-sixth Legislative
Assembly on or before February 1, 2011 - }  { +  specified
interim legislative committees on or before February 1, 2010 + }.
   { +  Declares emergency, effective on passage. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to pathogens in fish hatcheries; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife
shall, utilizing information available on the effective date of
this 2009 Act, conduct a study of fish hatcheries and make a
report of its findings. The report must:
  (a) Summarize the environmental impact of producing trout that
carry pathogens.
  (b) Summarize the environmental impact of producing trout that
carry pathogens in a hatchery that also produces salmon and other
species of fish.
  (c) Summarize the impact on trout production resulting from the
production, in the same hatchery, of salmon that carry pathogens.
  (d) Summarize the environmental benefits of producing hatchery
trout in a pathogen-free environment.
  (e) Evaluate the risks associated with pathogens carried by
trout produced by state-owned hatcheries.
  (f) Compare the feasibility of producing trout that are free,
or almost free, of pathogens at state-owned hatcheries with the
feasibility of producing trout that are free, or almost free, of
pathogens at Desert Springs Trout Farm.
  (g) Compare the capacity of state-owned hatcheries to produce
trout with the capacity of Desert Springs Trout Farm to produce
trout.
  (h) Assess, with an emphasis on reducing pathogens, the
potential costs and benefits of incorporating the Desert Springs
Trout Farm into this state's trout production program after
considering:
  (A) Fish health;
  (B) Environmental impacts;
  (C) Fish production quality, quantity and flexibility;
  (D) Fish distribution, holding, redistribution and release; and
  (E) Anticipated necessary facility modifications and upgrades.
  (2) The department shall submit the report required by
subsection (1) of this section to the interim legislative
committees on environment and natural resources in the manner
provided in ORS 192.245 on or before February 1, 2010. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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