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(continued) owners, local government, private organizations and individuals in order to develop, administer and maintain the trails and to acquire, develop and administer such lands or interests therein. However, if the department or local governments fail or are unable to enter into such agreements or to acquire such lands or interests therein within one year after the selection of the right of way, the department may acquire private lands or interests therein by donation, exchange or purchase with donated or appropriated funds and may develop and administer such lands or interests therein. Exchanges shall be governed by the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.

(4) Oregon recreation trails shall be administered, protected, developed and maintained by the department, or as provided under subsection (1)(a) of this section, to retain their natural, scenic and historic features. Along trails in more remote areas, provision may be made for campsites, shelters and related public-use facilities. Other uses, including reasonable crossings for motor vehicles, public utilities and water pipes and ditches, that will not substantially interfere with the nature and purposes of the trails may be permitted or authorized, as appropriate. The use of motorized vehicles by the general public along any such Oregon recreation trail is prohibited. However, the department shall authorize the use of motorized vehicles when, in its judgment, such vehicles are necessary to meet emergencies, trail construction and maintenance needs or to enable adjacent landowners or land users to have reasonable access to their lands or timber rights. The fact that private lands are included in an Oregon recreation trail by cooperative agreement of a landowner does not preclude the owner of such lands or agents of the owner from using motorized vehicles on or across such trails or adjacent lands from time to time in accordance with such agreement. Except to the extent otherwise provided by law, the state laws, rules and regulations applicable to lands or areas included in any Oregon recreation trail shall continue to apply. Nothing in ORS 390.950 to 390.989 and 390.995 (2) prohibits the use of roads existing on private lands on September 9, 1971, which may cross or traverse portions of the trail right of way, nor shall ORS 390.950 to 390.989 and 390.995 (2) prevent trails from crossing such roads.

(5) The department shall endeavor to induce agreements with appropriate state and federal agencies to provide for youth work projects to assist in the construction and maintenance of trails that are part of the Oregon recreation trails system.

(6) The department shall endeavor, when it considers such to be appropriate, to develop and enhance the educational values and opportunities of Oregon recreation trails. In this connection the department shall cooperate with schools, educators and other interested persons or groups in developing and utilizing techniques and materials to demonstrate to and inform the trail-using public of various scenic and natural features visible along or from such trails, including geological, botanical, historical, zoological and similar features.

(7) The department shall place and endeavor to maintain signs at such places as it considers appropriate along Oregon recreation trails advising users of the Oregon laws of criminal trespass and encouraging users to protect the trails and the rights and property of adjacent landowners.

(8) The department, with the concurrence of any federal agency administering lands through which an Oregon recreation trail passes, and after consultation with the local governments, private organizations and landowners that the department knows or believes to be concerned, and the advisory council established under ORS 390.977, may adopt rules that may be revised from time to time governing protection, management, use, development and administration of an Oregon recreation trail.

(9) The department, on lands not within a forest protection district, upon recommendation of the State Forester, shall have the authority to close trails during periods of high fire danger. The department shall also have the authority to close trails if it deems it necessary to protect the safety of the public.

(10) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapter 477, forestland on which a fire exists that was caused by a person using, for recreational purposes, a trail established pursuant to ORS 390.950 to 390.989, shall not be considered an operation area as defined by ORS 477.001, if the fire did not start within an operation. [1971 c.614 §9; 1973 c.46 §7; 1983 c.740 §123; 1997 c.274 §37; 2003 c.14 §169]



390.974 Intergovernmental cooperation to obtain property for use in trail system. The State Parks and Recreation Department is authorized and encouraged to consult and to cooperate with any state, federal or local governmental agency or body and with any privately owned utility having jurisdiction or control over or information concerning the use, abandonment or disposition of roadways, utility rights of way or other properties suitable for the purpose of improving or expanding the Oregon recreation trails system in order to assure, to the extent practicable, that any such properties having value for Oregon recreation trail purposes may be made available for such use. [1971 c.614 §11]



390.977 Oregon Recreation Trails Advisory Council; members; appointment; terms; duties; expenses; officers; quorum; meetings. (1) There is established an Oregon Recreation Trails Advisory Council consisting of seven members, at least one from each congressional district in the state. However, not less than two of such members shall be from separate counties bordering upon the ocean shore. Members of the council shall be appointed by the State Parks and Recreation Commission and shall serve at the pleasure of the commission for terms of four years. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the commission shall appoint a successor. A member shall be eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the commission shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term.

(2) The commission and the State Parks and Recreation Department shall consult with the council from time to time with respect to matters relating to Oregon recreation trails, including the designation and establishment of Oregon recreation trails, the selection of rights of way, the selection, erection and maintenance of markers along the trail routes and the administration of the trails.

(3) Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but the department may pay expenses as provided in ORS 292.495.

(4) The council shall select one of its members as chairperson.

(5) A majority of the members of the council constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

(6) The council shall meet at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or a majority of the members of the council. [1971 c.614 §8; 1981 c.545 §7; 1991 c.257 §1]



390.980 Funds for purposes of ORS 390.950 to 390.989; acceptance and use of donated funds; indemnity to owners of land damaged by trail users. In addition to State of Oregon funds available for the purposes of ORS 390.950 to 390.989 and 390.995 (2), the State Parks and Recreation Department may use such portion of moneys made available to it by any federal agency which may be used for such purposes, including matching funds, as the department determines are necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of ORS 390.950 to 390.989 and 390.995 (2). In addition to the foregoing, the department may receive and may encourage the receipt of donated funds or property from individuals, groups or organizations (including trail users) for specified or nonspecified uses in connection with the acquisition, development, maintenance and administration of Oregon recreation trails. The department if it considers it advisable, may provide under its rules and regulations, for the use of a portion of any such donated funds received for nonspecified purposes to grant to an owner of private land adjacent to an Oregon recreation trail, funds indemnifying such owner for damage clearly caused to the land of the owner, and property therein, by users of such trail and which such landowner has not been able to recover from the user causing such damage. [1971 c.614 §12]



390.983 Trail property tax assessment. For ad valorem tax purposes, real property that is subject to an easement, or a written cooperative agreement, for purposes of ORS 390.950 to 390.989 and 390.995 (2) shall be valued at its real market value, less any reduction in value caused by the easement or the written cooperative agreement, and assessed in accordance with ORS 308.232. The easement shall be exempt from assessment and taxation the same as any other property owned by the state. [1971 c.614 §13; 1981 c.804 §100; 1991 c.459 §395]



390.986 Injunctive relief for violation of ORS 390.950 to 390.989. The State Parks and Recreation Department has power to obtain injunctions against violations of any provisions of ORS 390.950 to 390.989 and any rules and regulations adopted under ORS 390.950 to 390.989 and agreements made under ORS 390.950 to 390.989. [1971 c.614 §14]



390.989 Eminent domain does not apply to department powers or duties under ORS 390.950 to 390.989. Any power of eminent domain otherwise vested in the State Parks and Recreation Department does not apply to any power or duty vested in the department by ORS 390.950 to 390.989. [1971 c.614 §16]



PENALTIES



390.990 Violations. (1) Subject to ORS 153.022, any person, firm or corporation violating any of the laws or rules described in this subsection commits a Class A violation. This subsection applies to a violation of the following:

(a) ORS 390.678.

(b) Any rule adopted under ORS 390.124.

(c) Any rule adopted under ORS 390.340.

(2) Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any provision of ORS 390.640 or 390.705, or any rule adopted under such statutes, is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both.

(3) Each day a violation of ORS 390.640 or 390.705 continues shall be considered a separate offense.

(4) Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any rule adopted under ORS 390.845 is a Class A violation.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, violation of any rule adopted under this chapter for the regulation of vehicle speed in parks, including violations of rules relating to driving vehicles at a speed greater than a posted speed limit or greater than is reasonable and prudent, are subject to the same penalties as provided in ORS 811.109 for violation of a specific speed limit imposed under law or violation of a posted speed limit. [Subsection (1) formerly 366.990; subsection (2) formerly part of 274.990; 1969 c.601 §28; 1971 c.743 §362; subsection (4) enacted as 1971 c.614 §10; 1981 c.692 §3; 1981 c.798 §7; 1983 c.740 §124; 1989 c.904 §63; 1999 c.1051 §100; subsection (4) renumbered 390.995 (2) in 1999]



390.992 Civil penalties. (1) Any person who violates any provision of ORS 390.610, 390.620 to 390.676, 390.690 and 390.705 to 390.770 or any rule, order or permit adopted or issued under ORS 390.610, 390.620 to 390.676, 390.690 and 390.705 to 390.770 shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount to be determined by the State Parks and Recreation Director of not more than $10,000 per day of violation.

(2) In addition to any other penalties provided under subsection (1) of this section, the State Parks and Recreation Department is vested with power to obtain injunctions and other appropriate relief against a person who violates any provisions of ORS 390.610, 390.620 to 390.676, 390.690 and 390.705 to 390.770 or any rule, order or permit adopted or issued under ORS 390.610, 390.620 to 390.676, 390.690 and 390.705 to 390.770. [1999 c.373 §9]



390.995 Criminal penalties. (1) Violation of ORS 390.640 is a misdemeanor.

(2) Subject to ORS 153.022, any person who violates a rule adopted under ORS 390.950 to 390.989 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. [Subsection (1) of 1999 Edition enacted as 1999 c.373 §17; subsection (2) of 1999 Edition formerly 390.990(4)]

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