2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
Chapter 830 - Small Watercraft
Section 830.994 - Additional penalties for violation of ORS 830.325.

Universal Citation:
OR Rev Stat § 830.994 (2025)
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(1) When a person is convicted of a violation of any provision of ORS 830.315 or 830.325, the court shall comply with the following in addition to any other penalty imposed upon the person under ORS 830.990:

(a) Order the person not to operate a boat for a period of one year;

(b) Order the person to complete a boating safety course conducted in a classroom and approved by the State Marine Board; and

(c) Order the board to suspend the person’s boating safety education card issued under ORS 830.086 for one year.

(2) When a person is convicted of a violation of any provision of ORS 830.325, the court shall, in addition to any other penalty imposed upon the person under ORS 830.990 or subsection (1) of this section, include in the record of conviction a finding whether the person willfully refused the request of a peace officer to physically submit to chemical testing of the breath or urine or a nontestimonial field sobriety test under ORS 830.505 and 830.550. For purposes of this subsection, a person shall be found to have willfully refused the request if the person was informed about rights and consequences concerning the test under ORS 830.505 and 830.545 and refused to physically submit to the test.

(3) The record of conviction of each person convicted of violating ORS 830.315 or 830.325 shall be sent by the court to the board within 14 days of the entry of the judgment of conviction in the court register.

(4) A person who knowingly operates a boat in violation of a court order under subsection (1)(a) of this section commits a Class A misdemeanor. [1991 c.931 §14; 1997 c.568 §6; 2019 c.431 §3]

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