Small Watercraft

ORS 830.180
Use of motors prohibited on certain lakes

  • exceptions
  • rules

(1)

Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person may not use a motor for propelling a boat or for any purpose on the following named waters of this state:
Counties Lakes, Reservoirs and Rivers
Clackamas Trillium Lake
Deschutes Charlton, Devils, Irish, Lucky,
North and South Twin, Taylor,
Three Creek and Todd Lakes
Douglas Opal and Timpanagos Lakes
Hood River Lost Lake
Jackson Squaw Lakes
Jefferson Horseshoe, Dark and Olallie
Lakes, and on that portion of
the Deschutes River between
Pelton Dam and the Wasco
County line
Lane Gold Lake
Linn Clear Lake
Marion Breitenbush Lake
Wasco Frog Lake, and on that portion
of the Deschutes River
bordering the Warm Springs
Indian Reservation

(2)

The following may use a motor to propel a boat on the named waters described in this section:

(a)

Public bodies, as defined in ORS 174.109 (“Public body” defined), that have jurisdiction of the named waters described in this section; and

(b)

The federal government.

(3)

A person not otherwise described in subsection (2) of this section may use a motor to propel a boat on a specific named water described in this section if:

(a)

The motor is an electric motor operated at a maximum of slow-no wake speed as defined by the State Marine Board by rule; and

(b)

The board adopts a rule authorizing the use described in paragraph (a) of this subsection on a specific named water described in this section. [Formerly 488.610; 2019 c.214 §1]
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Mar. 11, 2023

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