OAR 250-020-0005: Applicability of Terms

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, prohibitions and/or speed limitations, where provided, shall not apply to vessels operated by federal, state or local governments, or their agents having jurisdiction and when operating in the conduct of official business on an otherwise regulated body of water. (2) The Director may issue special exemption permits to allow limited research, commercial or marine event boat operations in areas closed to motorboat use or otherwise regulated by OAR 250, divisions 20, 21, and 30. These permits shall not be issued for normal recreational boating activities or for operations that can reasonably be carried out without use of a motorboat or within existing motorized restrictions. The Director may condition the permits to minimize the impacts to the waterway and other users. (3) As used in this division, "towed watersports" means all activities in which one or more persons moves under or upon the surface of the water as a result of being towed by a motorboat or being propelled forward by the wake produced by a motorboat. Equipment used in towed watersports may include but is not limited to water skis, wake surf boards, wakeboards, knee boards, inflatable devices, stand-up paddleboards, and hydrofoils.