Section 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 |
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(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.Amended by 2019 Ch. 214, § 1, eff. 9/29/2019.