Bill Text: OR HB4170 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to dog training; and prescribing an effective date.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-27 - Chapter 74, (2012 Laws): Effective date June 4, 2012. [HB4170 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2012-HB4170-Amended.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

HA to HB 4170

LC 198/HB 4170-1

                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 4170

                      By COMMITTEE ON RULES

                           February 22

  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, delete 'and 215.304 '
and insert ', 215.304 and 308A.056'.
  On page 2, line 18, after the semicolon insert 'and'.
  Delete lines 19 and 20.
  In line 21, delete '(L)' and insert '(K)'.
  On page 5, delete lines 36 through 41 and insert:
  ' (z) Dog training classes or testing trials, which may be
conducted in a preexisting farm building when:
  ' (A) The number of dogs participating in training does not
exceed 10 dogs per training class and the number of training
classes to be held on-site does not exceed six per day; and
  ' (B) The number of dogs participating in a testing trial does
not exceed 60 and the number of testing trials to be conducted
on-site is limited to four or fewer trials per calendar year.'.
  On page 6, line 17, delete '(2)(b)(L)' and insert ' (2)(b)(K)'.
  On page 14, delete lines 29 through 34 and insert:
  ' (x) Dog training classes or testing trials, which may be
conducted in a preexisting farm building when:
  ' (A) The number of dogs participating in training does not
exceed 10 dogs per training class and the number of training
classes to be held on-site does not exceed six per day; and
  ' (B) The number of dogs participating in a testing trial does
not exceed 60 and the number of testing trials to be conducted
on-site is limited to four or fewer trials per calendar year.'.
  In line 38, delete '(2)(b)(L)' and insert '(2)(b)(K)'.
  On page 19, after line 37, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 5. + } ORS 308A.056 is amended to read:
  ' 308A.056. (1) As used in ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128, 'farm use'
means the current employment of land for the primary purpose of
obtaining a profit in money by:
  ' (a) Raising, harvesting and selling crops.
  ' (b) Feeding, breeding, managing or selling livestock,
poultry, fur-bearing animals or honeybees or the produce thereof.
  ' (c) Dairying and selling dairy products.
  ' (d) Stabling or training equines, including but not limited
to providing riding lessons, training clinics and schooling
shows.
  ' (e) Propagating, cultivating, maintaining or harvesting
aquatic species and bird and animal species to the extent allowed
by the rules adopted by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
  ' (f) On-site constructing and maintaining equipment and
facilities used for the activities described in this subsection.
  ' (g) Preparing, storing or disposing of, by marketing or
otherwise, the products or by-products raised for human or animal
use on land described in this section.
  ' (h) Implementing a remediation plan previously presented to
the assessor for the county in which the land that is the subject
of the plan is located.

  ' (i) Using land described in this section for any other
agricultural or horticultural use or animal husbandry or any
combination thereof.
  ' (2) 'Farm use' does not include the use of land subject to
timber and forestland taxation under ORS chapter 321, except land
used exclusively for growing cultured Christmas trees or land
described in ORS 321.267 (3) or 321.824 (3) (relating to land
used to grow certain hardwood timber, including hybrid
cottonwood).
  ' (3) For purposes of this section, land is currently employed
for farm use if the land is:
  ' (a) Farmland, the operation or use of which is subject to any
farm-related government program;
  ' (b) Land lying fallow for one year as a normal and regular
requirement of good agricultural husbandry;
  ' (c) Land planted in orchards or other perennials, other than
land specified in paragraph (d) of this subsection, prior to
maturity;
  ' (d) Land not in an exclusive farm use zone that has not been
eligible for assessment at special farm use value in the year
prior to planting the current crop and has been planted in
orchards, cultured Christmas trees or vineyards for at least
three years;
  ' (e) Wasteland, in an exclusive farm use zone, dry or covered
with water, neither economically tillable nor grazeable, lying in
or adjacent to and in common ownership with farm use land and
that is not currently being used for any economic farm use;
  ' (f) Except for land under a single family dwelling, land
under buildings supporting accepted farming practices, including
the processing facilities allowed by ORS 215.213 (1)(u) and
215.283 (1)(r) and the processing of farm crops into biofuel as
commercial activities in conjunction with farm use under ORS
215.213 (2)(c) and 215.283 (2)(a);
  ' (g) Water impoundments lying in or adjacent to and in common
ownership with farm use land;
  ' (h) Any land constituting a woodlot, not to exceed 20 acres,
contiguous to and owned by the owner of land specially valued for
farm use even if the land constituting the woodlot is not
utilized in conjunction with farm use;
  ' (i) Land lying idle for no more than one year when the
absence of farming activity is the result of the illness of the
farmer or a member of the farmer's immediate family, including
injury or infirmity, regardless of whether the illness results in
death;
  ' (j) Land described under ORS 321.267 (3) or 321.824 (3)
(relating to land used to grow certain hardwood timber, including
hybrid cottonwood);
  '  { - (k) Land used for the primary purpose of obtaining a
profit in money by breeding, raising, kenneling or training
greyhounds for racing; - }
  '  { - (L) - }  { +  (k) + } Land subject to a remediation plan
previously presented to the assessor for the county in which the
land that is the subject of the plan is located; or
  '  { - (m) - }  { +  (L) + } Land used for the processing of
farm crops into biofuel, as defined in ORS 315.141, if:
  ' (i) Only the crops of the landowner are being processed;
  ' (ii) The biofuel from all of the crops purchased for
processing into biofuel is used on the farm of the landowner; or
  ' (iii) The landowner is custom processing crops into biofuel
from other landowners in the area for their use or sale.
  ' (4) As used in this section:
  ' (a) 'Accepted farming practice' means a mode of operation
that is common to farms of a similar nature, necessary for the
operation of these similar farms to obtain a profit in money and
customarily utilized in conjunction with farm use.
  ' (b) 'Cultured Christmas trees' means trees:
  ' (A) Grown on lands used exclusively for that purpose, capable
of preparation by intensive cultivation methods such as plowing
or turning over the soil;
  ' (B) Of a marketable species;
  ' (C) Managed to produce trees meeting U.S. No. 2 or better
standards for Christmas trees as specified by the Agricultural
Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture;
and
  ' (D) Evidencing periodic maintenance practices of shearing for
Douglas fir and pine species, weed and brush control and one or
more of the following practices:
  ' (i) Basal pruning;
  ' (ii) Fertilizing;
  ' (iii) Insect and disease control;
  ' (iv) Stump culture;
  ' (v) Soil cultivation; or
  ' (vi) Irrigation.'.
  In line 38, delete '5' and insert '6'.
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