Chapter 995 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

SB 1168

Relating to crime.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. A person may not take, buy, sell, barter or otherwise exchange for commerce in fur purposes the raw fur or products that include the fur of a domestic cat or dog if the fur is obtained through a process that kills or maims the cat or dog. As used in this section, "domestic cat or dog" does not include coyote, fox, lynx, bobcat or any other wild or commercially raised wild feline or wild canine species or a hybrid thereof that is not recognized as an endangered species by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

SECTION 2. Violation of section 1 of this 1999 Act, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, is a Class A misdemeanor when the offense is committed with a culpable mental state as defined in ORS 161.085.

Approved by the Governor August 20, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State August 23, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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