OAR 856-025-0005: Delegations of Authority

The Board delegates the following authority and responsibilities to carry out the mission of the agency: (1) To the Vice Chair – The authority to sign final orders when the Chair is absent. (2) To the Executive Director – (a) The authority to call meetings of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots in the absence of the Chair. (b) The authority to make jurisdictional decisions for complaints, where the Board has no jurisdiction in the subject matter of the complaint. The authority to close complaints without investigation, in instances when there is no Board statute, rule or order that could have been violated, even if all of the facts alleged in the complaint are true. (3) To the Administrator/Rules Coordinator – (a) Final filing authority on rules approved for notice that receive neither public comment nor a request for hearing by the expiration of the public comment period, unless specifically excluded by the Board at the time of notice approval. (b) The authority to sign notices of proposed single-issue rate proceeding, and other proposed notices within the Board’s authority to issue, in the absence of the Executive Director. (c) The authority to sign and issue notices related to any application for licensure including notices of incomplete applications, notices of license renewal, and notices of effective date for active status.