Bill Text: OR SB296 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to private hunting preserves.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB296 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB296-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
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 1550

                         Senate Bill 296

Sponsored by Senator FERRIOLI (at the request of Association of
  Oregon Hunting Preserves) (Presession filed.)

                             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.

  Modifies provisions related to distance between private hunting
preserves.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to private hunting preserves; creating new provisions;
  and amending ORS 497.248.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 497.248 is amended to read:
  497.248. (1) No person shall engage in the business of
operating a private hunting preserve for the hunting of privately
owned or propagated game birds unless the person first obtains
from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission a private hunting
preserve license.
  (2) The commission shall issue a private hunting preserve
license to an applicant   { - therefor - }  if the commission
finds that the operation of the preserve will meet the following
requirements:
  (a) The preserve is on one continuous tract of land owned by
the applicant or leased by the applicant and contains:
  (A) Not more than 640 acres, if the preserve is located in the
area west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains; or
  (B) Not more than 1,280 acres, if the preserve is located in
the area east of the summit of the Cascade Mountains.
  (b) { + (A) + } The preserve is located at least   { - one-half
mile - }   { + three air miles + } from any other licensed
private hunting preserve.
   { +  (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph,
the preserve may be located less than three air miles from
another licensed private hunting preserve if the preserves are
owned, leased or managed by the same person. This exception
applies only to the person holding the private hunting preserve
license and not to the preserve, and may not be transferred to
another person. + }
  (c) No portion of the preserve is located closer than one-half
mile to any park, wilderness area, refuge or wildlife management
area operated by any agency of the state or federal government.
  (d) The exterior boundaries of the preserve are clearly defined
and posted with signs erected around the extremity at intervals
of 1,320 feet or less. The signs shall comply with requirements
prescribed by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
  (e) The applicant has facilities to propagate or hold not less
than 500 of each wildlife species to be released for hunting.
  (f) The applicant will not prevent or attempt to prevent public
hunting on lands adjacent to the preserve.
  (3)(a) The commission, by rule, shall prescribe the time,
manner and place of hunting on private preserves, the wildlife
species to be hunted, requirements for the care and marking of
wildlife raised on the preserve, the release of wildlife received
from another state, the procedures for marking indigenous
wildlife incidentally taken on the preserve and the fees
therefor, and record keeping and reporting procedures.
  (b) Pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection, the
commission shall:
  (A) Allow private hunting preserve operators to use plastic
poultry leg bands for marking wildlife species to be released for
hunting.
  (B) Allow the transportation of game birds killed on a private
hunting preserve if the birds are cleaned, wrapped, packaged and
accompanied by a transportation form from the preserve that
states the number and sex of the birds being transported.
  (C) Require private hunting preserve operators to have at least
10 resident private hunting preserve permits, 10 nonresident
private hunting preserve permits and 10 wild bird seals. This
requirement shall apply to each operator, regardless of the
number of preserves operated by that person.
  (4) No person shall hunt on a private hunting preserve unless
the person first obtains from the commission a hunting license or
a private hunting preserve permit.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 497.248 by section 1 of
this 2011 Act apply only to private hunting preserves for which a
person first obtains a private hunting preserve license on or
after the effective date of this 2011 Act. + }
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