Bill Text: OR HB2734 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to offense of operating a snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle while carrying a firearm or bow.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2734 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2734-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2114

                         House Bill 2734

Sponsored by Representative G SMITH

                             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 as
introduced.

  Defines 'unloaded' for purposes of offense of operating
snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle while carrying firearm or bow.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to offense of operating a snowmobile or an all-terrain
  vehicle while carrying a firearm or bow; creating new
  provisions; and amending ORS 821.240.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 821.240 is amended to read:
  821.240. (1) A person commits the offense of operating a
snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle while carrying a firearm or
bow if the person operates any snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle
with a firearm in the possession of the person, unless the
firearm is unloaded, or with a bow, unless all arrows are in a
quiver.
   { +  (2) As used in this section, 'unloaded' means:
  (a) That a side-by-side, over-and-under, single shot, pump
action, bolt action or semiautomatic firearm does not have a
round of ammunition in the chamber;
  (b) That a revolver does not have a round of ammunition in the
cylinder under the firing pin; and
  (c) That a muzzle-loading firearm is not capped or primed. + }
    { - (2) - }  { +  (3) + } The offense described in this
section, operating a snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle while
carrying a firearm or bow, is a Class B traffic violation.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 821.240 by section 1 of
this 2011 Act apply to offenses that occur on or after the
effective date of this 2011 Act. + }
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