Bill Text: OR HB3636 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to predatory animal control; and appropriating money.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-05 - Chapter 728, (2011 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2012. [HB3636 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3636-Engrossed.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 4092

                           A-Engrossed

                         House Bill 3636
                  Ordered by the House June 24
            Including House Amendments dated June 24

Sponsored by Representative G SMITH; Representatives ESQUIVEL,
  FREEMAN, HUFFMAN, JENSON, KRIEGER, MCLANE, SCHAUFLER, Senators
  JOHNSON, NELSON, THOMSEN, VERGER, WHITSETT

                             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.

  Requires that each application for issuance of license, tag or
permit by State Fish and Wildlife Commission include separate
section under which applicant may make voluntary contribution for
predatory animal control in county or counties in which license,
tag or permit allows person to hunt. Specifies use of voluntary
contributions.
  Establishes Wildlife Conservation Fund. Continuously
appropriates moneys in fund to State Department of Fish and
Wildlife.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to predatory animal control; and appropriating money.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Fur-bearing mammal,' 'hunt' and 'wildlife' have the
meanings given those terms in ORS 496.004.
  (b) 'Predatory animals' means those animals listed in ORS
610.002, black bears, cougars, fur-bearing mammals and gray
wolves.
  (2)(a) Each application for the purchase and issuance of a
license, tag or permit to hunt wildlife pursuant to ORS 497.102
or 497.112 must include a separate section under which the
applicant may make a voluntary contribution to be used for
predatory animal control, to the extent allowable under federal
and state law, in the county or counties in which the license,
tag or permit allows the person to hunt.
  (b) A voluntary contribution made under this section does not
convey a privilege to hunt wildlife, and is considered separate
from any moneys paid by the applicant for the issuance of a
license, tag or permit.
  (c) Before developing a predatory animal control program, a
county shall consult with the State Department of Fish and
Wildlife or the State Department of Agriculture, depending on the
predatory animals that are part of the program.

  (d) Voluntary contributions received under this section shall
be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund established under
section 2 of this 2011 Act.
  (3)(a) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall keep
track of voluntary contributions made under this section. Each
quarter the department shall pay to each county in which hunting
took place under a license, tag or permit issued under the
wildlife laws an amount equal to the total of the voluntary
contributions made in association with applications for licenses,
tags or permits allowing persons to hunt in the county.
  (b) If a license, tag or permit allows the holder to hunt in an
area that includes land within more than one county, the
department shall designate a proportionate share of any voluntary
contribution under this section to each county based on the
percentage of the area that is in each county. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Wildlife Conservation Fund is
established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the
General Fund. Interest earned by the Wildlife Conservation Fund
shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are
continuously appropriated to the State Department of Fish and
Wildlife to be paid to counties as provided in section 1 of this
2011 Act.
  (2) The Wildlife Conservation Fund shall consist of voluntary
contributions received by the State Department of Fish and
Wildlife pursuant to section 1 of this 2011 Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Notwithstanding sections 1 and 2 of this 2011
Act, the first $45,000 in voluntary contributions received by the
State Department of Fish and Wildlife under sections 1 and 2 of
this 2011 Act shall be used by the department to modify its
system for the purchase and issuance of licenses, tags and
permits in order to allow the department to associate specific
sales with specific counties and to separate voluntary
contributions from the purchase and issuance of licenses, tags
and permits. + }
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