Bill Text: OR SB503 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to estray animals.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB503 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB503-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 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 2878

                         Senate Bill 503

Sponsored by Senator CLOSE (at the request of Linn County
  Commissioner John Lindsey)

                             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.

  Makes laws governing handling of estray animals applicable for
bison.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to estray animals; creating new provisions; and amending
  ORS 607.007 and 607.300.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 607.007 is amended to read:
  607.007. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires
otherwise:
  (1) 'Adequate fence' means a continuous barrier consisting of
natural barriers, structures, masonry, rails, poles, planks, wire
or the combination thereof, installed and maintained in a
condition so as to form a continuous guard and defense against
the ingress or egress of cattle { + , bison + } or equines into
or from the lands enclosed by the barrier. Natural barriers may
include hedges, ditches, rivers, streams, ponds or lakes.
  (2) 'Estray animal' means cattle { + , bison + } or equines
that are unlawfully running at large or being permitted to do so,
or that are found to be trespassing on land enclosed by an
adequate fence.
  (3) 'Taking up' means the intentional exertion of control over
an estray animal, including but not limited to the restriction of
movement, holding under herd, feeding, pasturing or sheltering of
the animal.
  SECTION 2. ORS 607.300 is amended to read:
  607.300. If cattle { + , bison + } or equines break through a
fence on the open range and a determination of the adequacy of
the fence is necessary in order to determine whether the
cattle { + , bison + } or equines are estray animals, the State
Department of Agriculture shall make the determination of the
adequacy of the fence and shall consider, among other things, the
customs and practices of good animal husbandry in the particular
area with reference to fences. The department may adopt rules
establishing fees for determining the adequacy of a fence. Fees
must be reasonably calculated to compensate the department for
the costs of the determination.
  SECTION 3.  { + The amendments to ORS 607.007 and 607.300 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2013 Act apply to bison found on or

after the effective date of this 2013 Act being permitted to run
at large. + }
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