ORS 196.900: Schedule of civil penalties; rules; factors to be considered in imposing civil penalties.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The Director of the Department of State Lands shall adopt by rule the amount of civil penalty that may be imposed for a particular violation. (2) In imposing a penalty under the schedule adopted under subsection (1) of this section, the director shall consider the following factors: (a) The past history of the person incurring a penalty in taking all feasible steps or procedures necessary or appropriate to correct any violation. (b) Any prior violations of statutes, rules, orders and permits pertaining to waters of the state. (c) The impact of the violation on public interests in fishery, navigation and recreation. (d) Any other factors determined by the director to be relevant and consistent with the policy of ORS 196.805. (3) The penalty imposed under this section may be remitted or mitigated upon such terms and conditions as the director determines to be proper and consistent with the policy of ORS 196.805. Upon the request of the person incurring the penalty, the director shall consider evidence of the economic and financial condition of the person in determining whether a penalty shall be remitted or mitigated. [Formerly 541.685 and then 196.765]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 141-083-0800: Purpose and Applicability — implements
- OAR 141-083-0800: Purpose and Applicability — authority
- OAR 141-083-0810: Policies — implements
- OAR 141-083-0810: Policies — authority
- OAR 141-083-0820: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-083-0820: Definitions — authority
- OAR 141-083-0830: Cable Easement Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-083-0830: Cable Easement Application Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-083-0840: Pre-Application and Application Review Process — implements
- OAR 141-083-0840: Pre-Application and Application Review Process — authority
- OAR 141-083-0850: Cable Easement Terms and Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-083-0850: Cable Easement Terms and Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-083-0860: Penalties — implements
- OAR 141-083-0860: Penalties — authority
- OAR 141-083-0870: Reconsideration of Decision — implements
- OAR 141-083-0870: Reconsideration of Decision — authority
- OAR 141-085-0510: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-085-0520: Removal-Fill Jurisdiction by Volume of Material — implements
- OAR 141-085-0560: Public Review Process for Individual Removal - Fill Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 141-085-0565: Department Determinations and Considerations in Evaluating Individual Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 141-085-0685: Functions and Values Assessment — implements
- OAR 141-085-0690: Eligibility Requirements for CM — implements
- OAR 141-085-0692: Mitigation Accounting — implements
- OAR 141-085-0694: Special Requirement for CM — implements
- OAR 141-085-0710: Monitoring Requirements for CWM — implements
- OAR 141-086-0100: Duty to Notify of Proposed Activities Within Wetlands — authority
- OAR 141-090-0005: Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-090-0010: Applicability — implements
- OAR 141-090-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-090-0025: Procedures for Determinations Conducted Entirely by the Department — implements
- OAR 141-090-0030: Technical Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-090-0040: Procedures for Review and Approval of a Wetland Delineation Report Submitted to the Department for a Jurisdictional Determination — implements
- OAR 141-090-0045: Duration, Revision, Expiration and Reissuance of Jurisdictional Determinations — implements
- OAR 141-090-0050: Request for Reconsideration, Contested Case, and Appeal — implements
- OAR 141-090-0055: Effective Date — implements
- OAR 141-093-0141: Transportation-Related Structures - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0141: Transportation-Related Structures - Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-093-0250: Maintenance Dredging - Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-093-0255: Maintenance Dredging - Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0260: Maintenance Dredging - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0265: Maintenance Dredging - Specific Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0270: Maintenance Dredging - Authorized Activities — implements
- OAR 141-093-0275: Maintenance Dredging - Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0280: Maintenance Dredging - Term and Reporting — implements
- OAR 141-102-0000: Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-102-0010: Policy — implements
- OAR 141-102-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-102-0030: Designation of Essential Salmon Habitat (ESH) — implements
- OAR 141-102-0040: Revisions to ESH — implements
- OAR 603-095-4000: Purpose and Applicability – Agricultural Drainage Channel Maintenance — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 196.805 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 183.700: Permits subject to ORS 183.702.
- ORS 196.921: Applicability; rules.
- ORS 215.418: Approval of development on wetlands; notice.
- ORS 284.585: Assistance to local governments; site assessment methodology.
- ORS 517.750: Definitions for ORS 517.702 to 517.989.
- ORS 527.710: Duties and powers of board; rules; inventory for resource protection; consultation with other agencies required.
- OAR 603-095-4050: Entry Upon Land
- OAR 632-035-0016: Total Exemptions
- OAR 632-037-0077: Additional Requirements
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors196.html