Section 783.625 – Definitions for ORS 783.625 to 783.640.
As used in ORS 783.625 to 783.640, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Ballast water” means any water used to manipulate the trim and stability of a vessel. (2) “Cargo vessel” means a ship in commerce that is equipped with ballast tanks, other than a tank vessel or a vessel used solely for commercial fish […]
Section 783.630 – Application; exclusions.
(1) ORS 783.625 to 783.640 apply to all vessels carrying ballast water from a voyage into the waters of this state, except a vessel that: (a) Discharges ballast water only at the location where the ballast water originated, if the ballast water is not mixed with ballast water from areas other than open sea waters; […]
Section 783.635 – Discharge of ballast water prohibited; exemption; rules; aquatic invasive species.
(1) Except as authorized by this section, the discharge of ballast water in the waters of this state is prohibited. (2) An owner or operator of a vessel may discharge ballast water in the waters of this state: (a) If the owner or operator has conducted a complete open sea or coastal exchange of ballast […]
Section 783.360 – Priority of attachment.
The attachment provided for in ORS 783.330 shall have priority over any mortgage upon the vessel and over any liens thereon not of a maritime nature.
Section 783.636 – Fees; rules.
(1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall collect a fee of $88 for each trip by vessels regulated under ORS 783.625 to 783.640. (2) All fees collected by the department under this section shall be paid into the Ballast Water Fund established under ORS 783.638. (3) The Environmental Quality Commission may adopt by rule procedures […]
Section 783.400 – Shipbreaking; shipwrecks; ship repair; definitions.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Dry dock” means a graving dock or a floating dry dock. (b) “Floating dry dock” means a vessel or structure that can be flooded to allow a ship to be floated in and drained to allow the ship to come to rest on a dry platform. (c) “Fouling […]
Section 783.637 – Late charges; waiver.
(1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall assess a late charge of $25 against the owner or operator of a vessel if the department has not received the fee specified in ORS 783.636 by the due date specified by the department. (2) The department shall assess an additional late charge of $25 if the owner […]
Section 783.510 – Enticement of seamen to desert or leave ship.
No person shall entice, persuade or by any means attempt to persuade, any seaman to desert from, or without permission of the officer then in command thereof to leave or depart therefrom, either temporarily or otherwise, any ship or steamer or other vessel while such ship, steamer or other vessel is within the waters under […]
Section 783.638 – Ballast Water Fund; sources; uses.
(1) The Ballast Water Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Ballast Water Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Environmental Quality to: (a) Monitor vessels regulated under ORS 783.625 to 783.640; (b) […]
Section 783.520 – Harboring and secretion of seamen.
No person shall knowingly and with manifest intention to deprive the owner or master of any ship or vessel of the services of any seaman, harbor or secrete, or by any means aid in harboring or secreting with the intention aforesaid, any seaman mentioned in ORS 783.510.