(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:

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(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. [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; 2015 c.779 § 15; 2022 c.56 § 3]

(Temporary provisions relating to fees)

Section 3, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, provides:

Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws and during the period beginning January 1, 2016, and ending December 31, 2026, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, the following amounts shall be deposited in the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund:

(1) Resident annual combination license issued under ORS § 497.132, $1.

(2) Resident annual angling license issued under ORS § 497.121 (1)(a), $1.

(3) Angling and shellfish license to angle and take shellfish for one day issued under ORS § 497.121 (1)(d), $0.50.

(4) Nonresident annual angling license issued under ORS § 497.121 (1)(b), $1.50.

(5) Nonresident angling license to angle for seven consecutive days issued under ORS § 497.121 (1)(c), $1.50. [2015 c.734 § 3; 2015 c.779 § 52; 2022 c.56 § 7]

Sections 2, 3 and 5, chapter 334, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:

Section 3 of this 2021 Act is added to and made a part of the wildlife laws. [2021 c.334 § 2]

(1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the wildlife laws, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may authorize a nonprofit organization registered in this state that serves veterans, or armed forces members whose duty station is a warrior transition unit, through a program of angling or shellfish harvest established on or before January 1, 2021, to conduct excursions during which the veterans or armed forces members may angle or take shellfish at no charge using licenses, tags or permits described in subsection (2) of this section and need not obtain additional licenses, permits, tags or endorsements for the angling or taking.

(2) Notwithstanding ORS § 497.022, upon request by a representative of the nonprofit organization, an agent of the commission that issues licenses, tags or permits shall issue at no charge daily licenses, tags or permits to representatives of the nonprofit organization for use by the veterans or armed forces members during the excursions and may not retain any portion of an agent fee for issuance of the daily licenses, tags or permits.

(3) The commission may suspend or revoke authorization issued under this section if the nonprofit organization ceases to qualify under this section or violates a commission rule.

(4) The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. [2021 c.334 § 3]

Section 3 of this 2021 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027. [2021 c.334 § 5]

[1955 c.474 § 1; repealed by 1957 c.148 § 2]