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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.

Section 783.640 – Reporting of ballast water management.

(1) Owners or operators of vessels regulated under ORS 783.625 to 783.640 must report ballast water management information to the Department of Environmental Quality: (a) For voyages greater than 24 hours in length, at least 24 hours prior to entering the waters of this state; or (b) For voyages less than 24 hours in length, […]

Section 783.530 – Receipt of compensation from seaman for furnishing employment.

No person shall demand or receive, either directly or indirectly, from any seaman or apprentice, or from any person seeking employment as a seaman or apprentice, or from any person on behalf of the seaman or apprentice, any remuneration whatever for providing the seaman or apprentice with employment on board any seagoing vessel.

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.