Chapter 624 Oregon Laws 1999
Session Law
AN ACT
SB 663
Relating to hunting tags;
amending ORS 497.112.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 497.112 is amended to read:
497.112. (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is
authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to hunt wildlife the
following general tags and shall charge therefor the following fees:
(a) Resident annual elk tag to hunt elk, $25.
(b) Nonresident annual elk tag to hunt elk, $290.
(c) Special annual elk tag for holders of pioneer or disabled
veteran hunting licenses to hunt elk, $2.50.
(d) Resident annual deer tag to hunt deer, $10.
(e) Nonresident annual deer tag to hunt deer, $175.
(f) Resident annual black bear tag to hunt black bear, $10.
(g) Nonresident annual black bear tag to hunt black bear, $150.
(h) Resident annual mountain sheep tag to hunt mountain sheep,
$90.
(i) Nonresident annual mountain sheep tag to hunt mountain
sheep, $975.
(j) Resident annual mountain goat tag to hunt mountain goat,
$90.
(k) Nonresident annual mountain goat tag to hunt mountain goat,
$975.
(L) Resident annual cougar tag to hunt cougar, $10.
(m) Nonresident annual cougar tag to hunt cougar, $225.
(n) Resident annual antelope tag to hunt antelope, $25.
(o) Nonresident annual antelope tag to hunt antelope, $200.
(p) Resident annual turkey tag to hunt turkeys, $10.
(q) Nonresident annual turkey tag to hunt turkeys, $40.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 496.146 (10), the commission is
authorized to issue each year one special mountain sheep tag to hunt mountain
sheep. The tag shall be auctioned to the highest bidder in a manner prescribed
by the commission.
(b) In addition to the tag referred to in paragraph (a) of this
subsection, the commission is authorized to issue each year one special
mountain sheep tag to hunt mountain sheep that is raffled in a manner
prescribed by the commission.
(c) Notwithstanding ORS 496.146 (10), the commission, upon the
recommendation of the Access and Habitat Board to fulfill the board's charge of
providing incentives to increase public access and habitat improvements to
private land, is authorized to issue each year up to 10 elk and 10 deer tags to
hunt deer or elk. The tags shall be auctioned or raffled to the highest bidder
in a manner prescribed by the commission. The Access and Habitat Board, in
recommending any tags, shall include a proposal as to the land on which each
tag can be used and a percentage of funds received from the tags that may
revert to the landowner if the tag is limited to private land. However, the
percentage cannot be more than 50 percent and the programs must, by written
agreement, provide for public access and habitat improvements.
(3) The tags referred to in subsection (1) of this section are
in addition to and not in lieu of the hunting licenses required by law.
(4) The commission may, at the time of issue only, indorse upon
the tags referred to in subsection (1) of this section an appropriate
designation indicating whether it is for a game animal to be taken with bow and
arrow or with firearms, at the choice of the applicant. The commission may
prescribe by rule that the holder of such a tag shall not be authorized to take
the game animal by any other means than the tag so indorsed.
(5) Except as provided
in subsection (6) of this section, a person is not eligible to obtain, in a
lifetime, more than one tag issued by the commission to hunt [a] mountain sheep [ram] and one tag issued by the commission to hunt mountain goat.
(6) A person is eligible
to obtain mountain sheep tags described in subsection (2)(a) and (b) of this
section, regardless of whether the person has previously taken a mountain sheep
or previously obtained a mountain sheep tag issued pursuant to subsection (1)
or (2)(a) or (b) of this section.
[(6)] (7) The number of nonresident mountain
goat tags and nonresident mountain sheep tags shall be decided by the
commission, but:
(a) The number of nonresident mountain goat tags shall not be
less than five percent nor more than 10 percent of all mountain goat tags
issued.
(b) The number of nonresident mountain sheep tags shall not be
less than five percent nor more than 10 percent of all mountain sheep tags
issued.
[(7)] (8) The number of tags issued by
drawing under subsection (1)(g), (m) and (o) of this section shall be decided
by the commission, but for each class of tag so issued, the number shall not be
more than three percent of all tags of that class issued for hunting in a
particular area except one nonresident tag may be issued for each hunt when the
number of authorized tags is less than 35. The number of tags issued under
subsection (1)(g) of this section for the general hunting season shall be
decided by the commission, but the number shall not be more than three percent
of all tags issued the previous year for hunting in a particular area.
[(8)] (9) The number of tags issued by
drawing under subsection (1)(b) and (e) of this section shall be decided by the
commission, but for each class of tag so issued, the number shall not be more
than five percent of all tags of that class issued for hunting in a particular
area except one nonresident tag may be issued for each hunt when the number of
authorized tags is fewer than 35. The commission shall set the percentage by
rule each year after holding a public hearing.
Approved by the Governor
July 12, 1999
Filed in the office of
Secretary of State July 12, 1999
Effective date October 23,
1999
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