73rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2005 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
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 839
 
                         Senate Bill 125
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for State Department of Fish and Wildlife)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Specifies certain genera of primarily herbivorous piranha that
are permitted to be possessed without permit.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to piranhas; amending ORS 498.242.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 498.242 is amended to read:
  498.242. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of
this section,   { - no person shall - }   { + a person may
not + } possess any live fish   { - of the various species - } :
  (a) Of the family Clariidae, commonly known as walking catfish;
or
  (b) Of the subfamily Serrasalminae of the family Characidae,
commonly known as caribe or piranha.
  (2) A public park, zoo, museum or educational institution may
possess any of the fish referred to in subsection (1) of this
section for educational, medical, scientific or exhibition
purposes if the organization   { - first obtains - }
 { + holds + } a permit from the State Fish and Wildlife
Commission. The commission may refuse to issue the permit if the
commission finds that the organization requesting the permit has
physical facilities for holding the fish that are inadequate to
prevent their escape from confinement.
  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not prohibit the
possession or require a permit for the possession of live fish
that are of the genera   { - Pygocentrus, Serrasalmus or
Pristobrycon that are carnivorous - }   { + Colossoma, Metynnis
or Myleus that are primarily herbivorous + } fish in the
subfamily Serrasalminae, from the family Characidae, commonly
known as   { - piranha or caribe - }  { +  pacus or silver
dollars + }.
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