Statute in Full:
<Text subject to final change by the Oregon Office of the Legislative Counsel.>
(1) If the governing body of a county by ordinance, or a measure approved by the electors in an election conducted in accordance with ORS chapter 250, prohibits dogs from running at large, the county shall give notice, by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county.
(2) After 60 days from the date of the notice, every person keeping a dog shall prevent the dog from running at large in any county or city where prohibited. A person who is the keeper of a dog commits a Class B violation if the dog runs at large where prohibited.
CREDIT(S)
Amended by Laws 1965, c. 499, § 1; Laws 1977, c. 802, § 5; Laws 1999, c. 658, § 5; Laws 2011, c. 597, § 248, eff. July 1, 2011, operative Jan. 1, 2012; Laws 2011, c. 597, § 317, eff. July 1, 2011, operative Jan. 1, 2012.
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
2012 Electronic Update
2011 Legislation
Laws 2011, c. 597, § 248, in Subsec. (2), substituted “commits a Class B violation” for “is guilty of a violation”; and deleted Subsec. (3), which read:
“(3) County license fees and the penalty for violation of subsection (2) of this section or ORS 609.100, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury, and kept in a special fund.”
Laws 2011, c. 597, § 317, rewrote Subsec. (1); and in Subsec. (2), in the first sentence, substituted “or city” for “, city or precinct”, and in the second sentence, deleted “in a county, city or precinct” following “at large”. Prior to amendment, Subsec. (1) read:
“(1) If a majority of all votes cast in the election provided for by ORS 609.040 is against permitting dogs to run at large, or if the governing body of the county by ordinance prohibits dogs from running at large, the county shall give notice, by publication in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county, and in the election precinct if the prohibition of dogs running at large affects any one precinct only, for three consecutive weeks.”
The 2011 amendment of this section by c. 597, § 317, explicitly amended this section as amended by Laws 2011, c. 597, § 248.
Laws 2011, c. 597, §§ 310, 332 and 333, eff. July 1, 2011, provide:
“SECTION 310. The amendments to statutes by sections 151 to 308 of this 2011 Act and the repeal of statutes by section 309 of this 2011 Act apply only to offenses committed on or after January 1, 2012.”
“SECTION 332. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the provisions of this 2011 Act become operative January 1, 2012.
“(2) Sections 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 58a, 59, 61a, 150c and 311 of this 2011 Act, the amendments to ORS 1.178, sections 2, 2b and 2d, chapter 659, Oregon Laws 2009, and section 24, chapter 107, Oregon Laws 2010, by sections 61, 67a, 150, 150d and 150e of this 2011 Act and the repeal of section 1, chapter 659, Oregon Laws 2009, by section 150b of this 2011 Act become operative on the effective date of this 2011 Act.”
“SECTION 333. This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect July 1, 2011.”
An amendment of this section by Laws 2011, c. 607, § 15, failed to become operative under the provisions of Laws 2011, c. 597, § 317.
Laws 2011, c. 607, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 2012, as amended by Laws 2011, c. 597, § 318, eff. July 1, 2011, operative Jan. 1, 2012, provides:
“Sec. 19. The amendments to ORS 609.060, 609.095 and 609.100 by sections 16 and 17, chapter 607, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled House Bill 2256), and section 317 of this 2011 Act [Laws 2011, c. 597] and the repeal of ORS 609.040 by section 18, chapter 607, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled House Bill 2256), do not invalidate any dog control program formed by one or more precincts prior to the effective date of chapter 607, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled House Bill 2256). Precincts that formed dog control programs prior to the effective date of chapter 607, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled House Bill 2256) may continue to administer and enforce those programs on and after the effective date of chapter 607, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled House Bill 2256) in the same manner as a city dog control program.”
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