Chapter 550 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

SB 1229

Relating to theft of boat; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 830.990.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 3 of this 1999 Act are added to and made a part of ORS chapter 830.

SECTION 2. (1) Any law enforcement agency within the State of Oregon that receives a report of a previously unreported stolen boat shall notify the State Marine Board within 72 hours after receiving the report. The report shall include all information concerning the theft and the boat involved.

(2) Any law enforcement agency within the State of Oregon that recovers a boat that has been previously reported as stolen shall notify the board of the recovery within 72 hours after the recovery.

(3) When the board receives a report of the theft of a boat under subsection (1) of this section, the board shall place an appropriate notice of the theft in an electronic file system that identifies the boat during the processing of any new certificate of number or title. If a boat reported as stolen is identified during such processing, the board shall discontinue processing and notify the law enforcement agency that initiated the theft report. The board may not issue a new certificate of number or title unless the status of the boat as a stolen boat is cleared by the originating law enforcement agency.

(4) Any boat reported as stolen to the board shall remain on the records of the board as stolen until the originating law enforcement agency clears the record.

(5) The board shall prepare a report listing stolen and recovered boats as disclosed by the reports submitted to the board by law enforcement agencies, and shall distribute the report on a regular basis.

(6) When the board is notified that a previously listed stolen boat has been recovered, the board shall immediately record the recovery in the board's registration records.

SECTION 3. No person shall make or file, with intent to deceive, with any law enforcement agency a false or fraudulent report of the theft of a boat required to be numbered in the State of Oregon.

SECTION 4. ORS 830.990 is amended to read:

830.990. (1) A person who violates one of the following provisions of this chapter commits a Class B boating infraction: ORS 830.050, 830.110, 830.175, 830.180, 830.185, 830.195, 830.210, 830.215, 830.220, 830.225, 830.230, 830.235, 830.240, 830.245, 830.250, 830.260, 830.300, 830.315 (2) and (3), 830.335, 830.340, 830.345, 830.350, 830.355, 830.360, 830.365, 830.370, 830.375, 830.410, 830.415, 830.420, 830.475 (4), 830.480, 830.495, 830.710, 830.720, 830.770, 830.775, 830.780, 830.785, 830.795, 830.805, 830.810, 830.825, 830.830, 830.850, 830.855 and 830.905.

(2) A person who violates one of the following provisions of this chapter commits a Class A infraction: ORS 830.305 and 830.390 and rules adopted thereunder.

(3) A person who violates the following provision of this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor: ORS 830.383.

(4) A person who violates one of the following provisions of this chapter commits a Class A misdemeanor: ORS 830.035 (2), 830.315 (1), 830.325, 830.475 (1), 830.730 and 830.955 (1) and section 3 of this 1999 Act.

(5) A person who violates ORS 830.475 (2) commits a Class C felony.

Approved by the Governor July 8, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 8, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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