(1) "Charter boat" means:
(a) A boat used to carry seven or more passengers for hire for angling, sightseeing or other recreational purposes; or
(b) A boat that is licensed under ORS 830.447.
(2) "Charter boat" does not include a "passenger vessel" or "small passenger vessel," as defined by the State Marine Board by rule, that:
(a) Has been inspected and documented by the United States Coast Guard;
(b) Carries more than 12 passengers for hire; and
(c) Operates east of the demarcation lines described in the International Collision Regulations at Sea of 1972 on waters identified by the board by rule. [1989 c.885 §2; 2013 c.146 §1; 2021 c.123 §3]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
Chapter 830 - Small Watercraft
Section 830.005 - Definitions for chapter.
Section 830.025 - Other boating laws not affected.
Section 830.035 - Peace officers to enforce chapter; fleeing; attempts to elude.
Section 830.055 - Oregon Adopt-a-River Program; implementation; rules.
Section 830.080 - Boating Offense Compact.
Section 830.082 - Mandatory boating safety education program.
Section 830.086 - Boating safety education card; requirements; fee.
Section 830.088 - Operation of motorboat by person 12 to 15 years of age.
Section 830.090 - Operation of motorboat by person 16 years of age or older.
Section 830.092 - Exemption from requirement to obtain boating safety education card.
Section 830.094 - Boating safety education card required to operate motorboat.
Section 830.096 - Conditional suspension of fine for violation of boating safety requirements.
Section 830.105 - State Marine Board.
Section 830.110 - Powers and duties of board; rules.
Section 830.135 - State Marine Director.
Section 830.155 - Revolving fund; limit.
Section 830.165 - Boating safety educational program; youthful boat operator program.
Section 830.172 - County boat use permit program review.
Section 830.175 - Regulations for specific areas; rules.
Section 830.180 - Use of motors prohibited on certain lakes; exceptions; rules.
Section 830.185 - Speed restrictions in certain areas.
Section 830.187 - Restrictions for Waldo Lake.
Section 830.200 - County boat use permits.
Section 830.215 - Personal flotation devices; rules.
Section 830.220 - Fire extinguishers; rules.
Section 830.230 - Sound signaling devices; rules.
Section 830.240 - Ventilation systems; rules.
Section 830.260 - Muffling devices.
Section 830.302 - Draining water from boat; exceptions.
Section 830.315 - Reckless boating; speed.
Section 830.325 - Operating boat while under influence of intoxicants.
Section 830.330 - Liability of owner for negligent operation of boat.
Section 830.340 - Navigation rules.
Section 830.345 - Traffic lanes; swim areas.
Section 830.350 - Testing racing motorboat.
Section 830.360 - Riding on bow, gunwale or transom.
Section 830.362 - Operating motorboat with person holding on to or occupying parts aft of transom.
Section 830.365 - Waterskiing, surfboarding and similar activities.
Section 830.370 - Mooring to buoys and beacons; defacing or destroying navigational markers.
Section 830.375 - Authorization required to hold marine event; rules.
Section 830.383 - Person required to remedy especially hazardous condition.
Section 830.385 - Commercial fishing boats exempt from regulation of especially hazardous condition.
Section 830.415 - Records of operator of boat livery.
Section 830.425 - Minimum requirements for boat livery operation.
Section 830.430 - Definitions for ORS 830.430 to 830.465 and 830.997.
Section 830.435 - Charter boat license; reciprocity with Washington license holders.
Section 830.437 - Licensing; safety standards; rules.
Section 830.447 - Optional charter boat licensing; rules.
Section 830.450 - Equipment requirements; rules.
Section 830.460 - Prohibited activities.
Section 830.465 - Disciplinary actions.
Section 830.475 - Duties of operators and witnesses at accidents.
Section 830.480 - Accident report required; rules.
Section 830.485 - Form of report; sending death record to State Marine Board.
Section 830.490 - Confidential nature of report.
Section 830.495 - Report of accident resulting in death or disappearance; duties of passengers.
Section 830.510 - Chemical evidence of use of intoxicants.
Section 830.520 - Circumstances under which chemical tests may be administered.
Section 830.535 - Criteria for chemical analyses.
Section 830.545 - Information about rights and consequences.
Section 830.560 - Launching boat with aquatic invasive species prohibited; rules.
Section 830.570 - Board to issue permit; fees.
Section 830.575 - Annual fee for permit.
Section 830.585 - Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund; uses of fund.
Section 830.587 - Definitions for ORS 830.589, 830.591, 830.594, 830.998 and 830.999.
Section 830.589 - Watercraft check stations; rules; penalty.
Section 830.591 - Request to proceed to nearest station; penalty.
Section 830.594 - Report of prevention efforts.
Section 830.615 - Waterway Access Fund.
Section 830.618 - Grants for nonmotorized boat waterway access; rules.
Section 830.624 - Permit requirements for person 14 years of age or older; exceptions; rules.
Section 830.627 - Fees for issuance of permit.
Section 830.630 - Issuance of permits; agents.
Section 830.640 - Towed watersports program.
Section 830.643 - Towed watersports endorsement and certificate; issuance; fees; rules.
Section 830.646 - Fees; rules.
Section 830.649 - Newberg Pool Congested Zone.
Section 830.652 - Additional penalties for violations occurring within Newberg Pool Congested Zone.
Section 830.700 - Definitions for ORS 830.060 to 830.140 and 830.700 to 830.870.
Section 830.705 - Applicability of numbering, title and license requirements.
Section 830.720 - Cancellation of title upon scrapping of boat, boathouse or floating home.
Section 830.750 - Transfer of title subject to security interest; dealer transferees; fee.
Section 830.755 - Transfer by operation of law of title subject to security interest; fee.
Section 830.770 - Certificate of number required on boat; exceptions.
Section 830.775 - Operation of certain boats without certificates of registration.
Section 830.780 - Identifying number on forward half of boat.
Section 830.790 - Certificate or registration fees.
Section 830.800 - Expiration of certificate of number; renewal of certificate and stickers.
Section 830.810 - Certificate of title; exceptions; rules; application fees; penalty fee.
Section 830.815 - Refusal to issue or suspension or cancellation of certificate.
Section 830.825 - Hull identification number required.
Section 830.830 - Dealer or boat manufacturer number; fee.
Section 830.860 - Validity of certificate of title; new certificates; fee.
Section 830.875 - Definitions for ORS 830.880 to 830.895.
Section 830.885 - Return of seized property; investigation to determine ownership; notice to owner.
Section 830.895 - Renumbering; inspection requirement.
Section 830.908 - Definitions for ORS 830.908 to 830.948.
Section 830.911 - Authority to seize abandoned vessel or derelict vessel.
Section 830.918 - Preseizure notice.
Section 830.923 - Seizure without notice.
Section 830.928 - Manner and time of seizure.
Section 830.931 - Post-seizure notice.
Section 830.933 - Reclamation of seized vessel.
Section 830.938 - Liability for costs of salvage, towing and storage.
Section 830.948 - Salvaged Vessel Subaccount; sources; limits; uses.
Section 830.950 - Definitions for ORS 830.955.
Section 830.955 - Prohibition of installation of submersible polystyrene device.
Section 830.993 - Penalties for violation of ORS 166.155 or 166.165.
Section 830.994 - Additional penalties for violation of ORS 830.325.
Section 830.997 - Penalty for charter boat violations.
Section 830.998 - Penalty for failing to stop at an aquatic invasive species check station.