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ORS 830.180: Use of motors prohibited on certain lakes; exceptions; rules.

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  1. 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
  2. 61. Small Watercraft
  3. Chapter 830 — Small Watercraft

(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, 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.

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