ORS § 497.121

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective April 4, 2024
Section 497.121 - Angling and shellfish licenses and tags; rules
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may, upon application and payment of the applicable fees established by the fee schedule under ORS 497.061, issue the following licenses and tags to persons desiring to angle for fish or take shellfish:
(a) Resident annual angling license.
(b) Nonresident annual angling license.
(c) Nonresident angling license to angle for seven consecutive days.
(d) Angling and shellfish license to angle and take shellfish for one day.
(e) Angling license to angle for two days.
(f) Angling license to angle for three days.
(g) Resident annual shellfish license.
(h) Nonresident annual shellfish license.
(i) Nonresident three-day shellfish license.
(j) Two rod angling license for anglers who also hold a valid annual angling license.
(k) Resident annual senior citizen angling license for persons 70 years of age or older who have resided in the state for not less than five years prior to the date of application.
(l) Resident disabled veteran angling license for a person who files with the commission written proof that the last official certification of record by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States shows the person to be at least 25 percent disabled.
(m) Resident disabled veteran shellfish license for a person who files with the commission written proof that the last official certification of record by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States shows the person to be at least 25 percent disabled.
(n) Resident annual combined angling tag to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut.
(o) Nonresident annual combined angling tag to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut.
(p) Annual youth combined angling tag for persons under 18 years of age to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut.
(q) Renewable tag to angle for hatchery salmon and steelhead.
(r) Rogue-South Coast steelhead validation.
(s) Rogue-South Coast wild steelhead harvest card.
(2) Any person who holds a valid permanent angling license for persons who are blind or a permanent angling license for persons in a wheelchair issued by the commission before January 1, 2000, need not obtain a resident annual angling license under this section.
(3) The annual combined angling tags to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut referred to in subsection (1)(n), (o), (p) and (q) of this section and the Rogue-South Coast steelhead validation and Rogue-South Coast wild steelhead harvest card referred to in subsection (1)(r) and (s) of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of the angling licenses required by the wildlife laws. However, an annual combined angling tag to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut is not required of a person who holds a valid angling license referred to in subsection (1)(c) to (f) of this section.
(4) The commission shall adopt rules concerning issuance of, and requirements related to, the Rogue-South Coast steelhead validation and the Rogue-South Coast wild steelhead harvest card described in subsection (1)(r) and (s) of this section. The rules must address when the validation and harvest card are required, relative to licenses, tags and permits that are required under the wildlife laws.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, the moneys received from the sale of the Rogue-South Coast steelhead validation and the Rogue-South Coast wild steelhead harvest card described in subsection (1)(r) and (s) of this section shall be credited to the Rogue-South Coast Research and Monitoring Subaccount established under ORS 496.303.

ORS 497.121

Amended by 2022 Ch. 56, § 3, eff. 1/1/2023.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 779, § 15, eff. 7/27/2015.
1973 c.723 §51; 1975 c.34 §1; 1975 c.454 §4; 1979 c.377 §2; 1981 c.445 §7; 1983 c.740 §202; 1985 c.60 §2; 1985 c.390 §1; 1991 c.67 §151; 1991 c.435 §1; 1993 c.619 §1; 1999 c.25 §5; 1999 c.1006 §6; amendments by 1999 c.1006 §16 repealed by 2001 c.949 §1; 2001 c.94 §§2,3; 2001 c.571 §§4,5; 2003 c. 644, § 3; 2003 c. 656, § 8; 2007 c. 70, § 277; 2009 c. 41, § 23; 2009 c. 425, § 2; 2009 c. 832, § 7