Bill Text: OR HB2122 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to firewood; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-21 - Chapter 439, (2011 Laws): Effective date June 21, 2011. [HB2122 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2122-Engrossed.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

CCA to A-Eng. HB 2122

LC 615/HB 2122-A6

               CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2122

                             June 3

                         Amended Summary
  Prohibits transporting firewood into or within Oregon and
selling firewood in Oregon, unless firewood has been harvested in
Oregon, Idaho or Washington or firewood meets certain standards.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to adopt rules
regulating firewood. { +  Requires compliance with state or
federal quarantine. + }
  Makes violation of statute or department rules subject to civil
penalty, not to exceed $10,000. Directs deposit of civil penalty
moneys into Invasive Species Control Account.
  Applies to transporting into state, supplying of and wholesale
selling of firewood, that occurs on or after January 1, 2013.
Applies to sales of firewood that retail seller acquires on or
after January 1, 2013.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Mr. Speaker:
  Your Conference Committee to whom was referred A-engrossed
House Bill 2122, having had the same under consideration,
respectfully reports it back with the recommendation that the
House concur in the Senate amendments dated May 2 and that the
bill be amended as follows and repassed.

  On page 2 of the printed A-engrossed bill, after line 22,
insert:
  ' (5) In addition to any other requirement of this section, if
firewood is harvested from a source in an area of this state,
Idaho or Washington that is subject to a state or federal
quarantine for the control of a plant disease or pest, any
harvesting, treating, transporting, supplying or selling of the
firewood must be performed in conformance with the quarantine.'.
  In line 23, delete '(5)' and insert '(6)'.

                         /sBrian Clem
                           Representative

                         /sMike McLane
                           Representative

                         /sJackie Dingfelder
                           Senator

                         /sAlan Olsen
                           Senator

                         /sFloyd Prozanski
                           Senator
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