Section 783.992 – Civil penalties.
As specified in ORS 468.140, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may impose a civil penalty on the owner or operator of a vessel for failure to comply with the requirements of ORS 783.625 to 783.640. [2001 c.722 §7; 2005 c.62 §6; 2009 c.267 §16]
Section 783.990 – Penalties.
(1) Violation of ORS 783.510, 783.520 or 783.610 is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Violation of ORS 783.530, 783.550 or 783.580 is a Class C misdemeanor. (3) Violation of ORS 783.560 by any officer is a Class D violation. (4) Violation of ORS 783.590 and injury or damage of any bridge across the Willamette River […]
Section 783.550 – Unauthorized boarding of nonpassenger vessel.
No person not acting in an official capacity shall board or attempt to board any ship or other vessel on the Willamette or Columbia River, not engaged in the carrying of passengers for hire, without the consent first obtained of the captain, master or other officer in command thereof at the time.
Section 783.560 – Arrest of officers and seamen for debt prohibited.
No officer or seaman of a seagoing vessel or ship shall be arrested or imprisoned for debt. No officer shall execute a process of arrest for debt upon such officer or seaman.
Section 783.570 – Enforcement officer in Portland and Astoria.
The mayor and common council of the cities of Portland and Astoria, severally shall appoint or designate a person or officer to see that ORS 783.510 to 783.560 are not violated and that the provisions thereof are enforced. Such person or officer shall have all the authority and powers of a peace officer, and may […]
Section 783.580 – Tugboat operator refusing to tow; discrimination in charges.
Any tugboat towing for hire in any of the waters of this state is a common carrier for the business of towing vessels. No master or owner of any such tug shall refuse to tow any vessel of the class usually towed by such a tug, or shall discriminate either in the charges for towing […]
Section 783.590 – Lowering of smokestacks of vessels navigating upper Willamette.
Any person or corporation operating any steamboat or other watercraft upon the Willamette River above the City of Portland, shall so construct the smokestacks upon such steamboat or other watercraft with hinges so arranged that the smokestacks thereon can be lowered to a level with the pilot house upon such steamboat or other watercraft when […]
Section 783.600
[Amended by 2001 c.722 §8; renumbered 783.620 in 2001]
Section 783.610 – Offenses relating to buoys and beacons.
No person shall moor any vessel of any kind or any name, or any boat, skiff, barge, scow, raft, or part of a raft, to any buoy or beacon placed in the navigable waters of this state, or in any bay, river or arm of the sea bordering upon this state, by the authority of […]
Section 783.620 – Discharge of ballast in navigable waters.
Except as provided in ORS 783.635, a person may not discharge the ballast of any vessel into the navigable portions or channels of any of the bays, harbors or rivers of this state, or within the jurisdiction of this state, so as to injuriously affect such portions or channels of such bays, harbors or rivers, […]