TITLE 19
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Chapter 186. State Emblems; State Boundary
187. Holidays; Standard of Time; Commemorations
188. Congressional and Legislative Districts; Reapportionment
190. Cooperation of Governmental Units; State Census; Arbitration
191. United States Surveys
192. Records; Public Reports and Meetings
193. Legal Notices
194. Uniform Law on Notarial Acts; Unsworn Foreign Declarations
195. Local Government Planning Coordination
196. Columbia River Gorge; Ocean Resource Planning; Wetlands; Removal and Fill
197. Comprehensive Land Use Planning I
197A. Comprehensive Land Use Planning II
198. Special Districts Generally
199. Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation
200. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises; Minority-Owned Businesses; Woman-Owned Businesses; Businesses Owned by Service-Disabled Veterans; Emerging Small Businesses
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Chapter 186 State Emblems; State Boundary
2017 EDITION
STATE EMBLEMS; STATE BOUNDARY
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
STATE EMBLEMS
186.010 State flag; official colors
186.020 Description of state seal
186.023 Improper use of state seal
186.025 Injunction and civil penalties for improper use of seal; notice; hearing; judicial review
186.030 Record of description
186.040 State motto
186.110 Display of state flag and POW/MIA flag on public buildings
186.120 Payment of expenses incurred in displaying flag
186.130 Champoeg Historical Pageant as official statehood pageant
STATE BOUNDARY COMPACT
186.510 Oregon-Washington Columbia River Boundary Compact adopted
186.520 Compact provisions
Note The following list of official designations is provided for the users convenience.
OFFICIAL DESIGNATIONS
Agness, Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Hood River, Jordan Valley, Medford, Richland, Oakridge, Portland, Salem and The Dalles designated as Medal of Honor communities or cities, HCR 1 (2017)
Beaver declared to be official animal, SJR 1 (1969)
Brewers yeast declared to be official microbe, HCR 12 (2013)
Chinook salmon declared to be official fish, SJR 26 (1961)
Clatsop Community College designated as Oregons Maritime Training College, SR 201 (2014)
Douglas fir declared to be official tree, HCR 5 (1939)
Dungeness crab declared to be official crustacean, HJR 37 (2009)
Happy Canyon Indian Pageant and Wild West Show designated as official outdoor pageant and wild west show, SCR 2 (2011)
Hazelnut recognized as official nut, SCR 5 (1989)
Jory soil designated as official soil, HCR 3 (2011)
Marionberry pie designated as official pie, HCR 19 (2017)
Metasequoia declared to be official fossil, HJR 3 (2005)
Milk recognized as and designated to be official beverage, SJR 8 (1997)
Miss Oregon designated to be official hostess, HCR 6 (1969)
National Honor and Remember Flag for fallen members of armed forces designated as official honor and remember flag, SCR 15 (2011)
Newberg recognized as Camellia City, SRC 26 (2017)
Oregon designated as Purple Heart State, HCR 30 (2015)
Oregon grape declared to be official flower, SCR 4 (1899)
Oregon, My Oregon adopted as state song, SJR 3 (1927)
Oregon Triton declared to be official shell, HCR 9 (1989)
Oregonite and josephinite declared to be official twin minerals, SCR 14 (2013)
Osprey designated as official raptor, SCR 18 (2017)
Pacific golden chanterelle recognized as and designated to be official mushroom, HJR 68 (1999)
Pear declared to be official fruit, HJR 8 (2005)
Portland Trail Blazers of 1990-1991 declared to be official team, HCR 10 (1991)
Reedsport designated as chainsaw carving capital, HCR 4 (2011)
Square dance declared to be official dance, SCR 8 (1977)
Sunstone declared to be official gemstone, HJR 4 (1987)
Swallowtail butterfly declared to be official insect, SCR 6 (1979)
Tartan with Secretary of State registration number 36406 and Scottish Tartans Authority ITI number 5743 recognized and designated as official tartan, HCR 13 (2017)
Thunderegg declared to be official rock, SJR 18 (1965)
Western meadowlark designated as official songbird, SCR 18 (2017)
STATE EMBLEMS
186.010 State flag; official colors. (1) A state flag is adopted to be used on all occasions when the state is officially and publicly represented, with the privilege of use by all citizens upon such occasions as may be fitting and appropriate. It shall bear on one side on a navy blue field the state escutcheon in gold, supported by 33 gold stars and bearing above the escutcheon the words State of Oregon in gold and below the escutcheon the figures 1859 in gold, and on the other side on a navy blue field a representation of the beaver in gold.
(2) The official colors of the State of Oregon are navy blue and gold. [Amended by 1959 c.120 §1]
186.020 Description of state seal. The description of the seal of the State of Oregon shall be an escutcheon, supported by 33 stars, and divided by an ordinary, with the inscription, The Union. In chief mountains, an elk with branching antlers, a wagon, the Pacific Ocean, on which there are a British man-of-war departing and an American steamer arriving. The second quartering with a sheaf, plow and a pickax. Crest The American eagle. Legend State of Oregon, 1859.
186.023 Improper use of state seal. (1) Except as authorized by the Secretary of State, no person shall knowingly use any device, or possess any device capable of such use, to emboss upon a document the seal of the State of Oregon described in ORS 186.020.
(2) No person shall use any reproduction of the seal of the State of Oregon:
(a) In any manner falsely implying official indorsement or sponsorship by the State of Oregon or any of its agencies of any product, business, service or other activity; or
(b) In any manner that subjects or exposes the seal of the State of Oregon to ridicule, debasement or infamy. [1983 c.325 §1]
186.025 Injunction and civil penalties for improper use of seal; notice; hearing; judicial review. (1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the Secretary of State may do one or both of the following:
(a) Petition the circuit court to enjoin violation of ORS 186.023; or
(b) Pursuant to a hearing, issue an order imposing a civil penalty upon a person for any violation of ORS 186.023.
(2) A civil penalty may only be imposed under this section pursuant to ORS 183.745.
(3) The Secretary of State may assess a civil penalty under this section not exceeding $500. The Secretary of State may remit or reduce any penalty imposed under this section upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State considers proper and consistent with the protection of the integrity of the seal of the State of Oregon. In imposing any penalty under this section, the Secretary of State shall consider the following factors:
(a) Prior violations, if any, of the person under ORS 186.023;
(b) The economic and financial conditions of the person; and
(c) Whether and to what extent the seal or reproduction thereof was used or possessed for deceptive or fraudulent purposes.
(4) In any judicial review of civil penalties imposed under this section, the court, in its discretion, may reduce the penalty.
(5) All penalties recovered under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the General Fund and are available for general governmental expenses. [1983 c.325 §2; 1989 c.706 §9; 1991 c.734 §10]
186.030 Record of description. The description in writing of the seal of this state shall be deposited and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, and shall remain a public record.
186.040 State motto. The motto of the State of Oregon is Alis Volat Propriis, translated from Latin as She Flies With Her Own Wings. [1957 c.355 §1; 1987 c.848 §1]
186.110 Display of state flag and POW/MIA flag on public buildings. (1) The person or body having custody of each public building shall procure an Oregon State flag of suitable size and a National League of Families POW/MIA flag of suitable size and shall cause the Oregon State flag and the POW/MIA flag to be displayed with the United States flag upon or near the public building during the hours when the United States flag is customarily displayed, except in unsuitable weather, and at such other times as seems proper.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, this section requires the procurement and display of a National League of Families POW/MIA flag only with respect to a public building that has existing flagpoles or other infrastructure installed to properly display all three flags described in this section simultaneously, except that:
(a) Any public building described in subsection (3)(a), (b) or (c) of this section that is newly constructed after January 1, 2016, shall include sufficient infrastructure to properly display all three flags simultaneously; and
(b) Any public building described in subsection (3)(d) of this section that is newly constructed on or after January 1, 2018, shall include sufficient infrastructure to properly display all three flags simultaneously.
(3) As used in this section, public building means:
(a) State institutions.
(b) All other state buildings upon which the Oregon Department of Administrative Services determines it is suitable to display the Oregon State flag and the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.
(c) County courthouses.
(d) All other county, municipal, school district and special district buildings upon which or near which it is customary and suitable to display the United States flag. [1953 c.474 §§1,2; 2015 c.185 §1; 2017 c.269 §1]
186.120 Payment of expenses incurred in displaying flag. The necessary funds to defray the expenses incurred for such flags and for poles and appliances necessary in connection therewith and for the care thereof shall be paid out of the funds available for the care and maintenance of the public building. [1953 c.474 §3]
186.130 Champoeg Historical Pageant as official statehood pageant. (1) The Champoeg Historical Pageant is proclaimed to be the official pageant of Oregon statehood.
(2) The State Parks and Recreation Department shall encourage the further development of the pageant and promote increased attendance at its performances. [1987 c.831 §2; 1989 c.904 §51]
STATE BOUNDARY COMPACT
186.510 Oregon-Washington Columbia River Boundary Compact adopted. The Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon hereby ratifies the Oregon-Washington Columbia River Boundary Compact set forth in ORS 186.520, and the provisions of such compact hereby are declared to be the law of this state upon such compact becoming operative as provided in Article III of the compact. [1957 c.94 §1]
186.520 Compact provisions. The provisions of the Oregon-Washington Columbia River Boundary Compact are as follows:
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ARTICLE I.
PURPOSE
The boundary between the States of Oregon and Washington along the course of the Columbia River has not been easy to ascertain because of changes in the main channel of the river with a result that a state of confusion and dispute exists and the enforcement and administration of the laws of the two states has been rendered difficult.
The purpose of this compact is to fix with precision by reference to stations of longitude and latitude the boundary between the States of Oregon and Washington from one marine league due west of the mouth of the Columbia River to the most easterly point at which the 46th parallel of north latitude crosses said river, at which point the river ceases to form the boundary between the two states.
ARTICLE II.
DESCRIPTION
The boundary between the States of Oregon and Washington from one marine league due west of the mouth of the Columbia River to the point at which the last described point number of the boundary as herein determined meets the 46th parallel of north latitude at 118Ί5910.12 of the west longitude shall be as follows:
Beginning one marine league at sea off the mouth of the Columbia River at north latitude 46Ί1500.00; running thence due east to point number 1 of this description, which point is at north latitude 46Ί1500.00, west longitude 124Ί0500.00; thence from point number 1 continuing upstream in the channel of the Columbia River by a series of straight lines connecting the following numbered and described points in consecutive order.
Point North West
Number Latitude Longitude
1 46Ί1500.00 124Ί0500.00
2 46Ί1551.00 124Ί0202.75
3 46Ί1617.00 124Ί0145.80
4 46Ί1659.50 124Ί0214.40
5 46Ί1728.00 124Ί0207.00
6 46Ί1733.25 124Ί0112.25
7 46Ί1641.50 124Ί0000.00
8 46Ί1603.00 123Ί5811.80
9 46Ί1419.80 123Ί5542.00
10 46Ί1406.00 123Ί5214.50
11 46Ί1609.50 123Ί4420.50
12 46Ί1501.00 123Ί4112.70
13 46Ί1533.30 123Ί3852.80
14 46Ί1523.90 123Ί3505.00
15 46Ί1538.00 123Ί3223.00
16 46Ί1614.60 123Ί3000.00
17 46Ί1546.70 123Ί2751.40
18 46Ί1423.50 123Ί2551.60
19 46Ί1310.50 123Ί2520.50
20 46Ί1129.00 123Ί2543.60
21 46Ί1047.80 123Ί2538.00
22 46Ί0901.00 123Ί2321.50
23 46Ί0833.00 123Ί1845.60
24 46Ί0904.50 123Ί1547.20
25 46Ί1000.00 123Ί1351.20
26 46Ί1120.80 123Ί0955.50
27 46Ί1111.30 123Ί0710.90
28 46Ί0940.00 123Ί0423.50
29 46Ί0924.00 123Ί0322.40
30 46Ί0838.40 123Ί0200.00
31 46Ί0806.00 123Ί0016.00
32 46Ί0620.02 122Ί5744.28
33 46Ί0617.36 122Ί5738.295
Description of Location of Point Number 33: A point on the center line of the Longview Bridge at center of main span.
34 46Ί0614.71 122Ί5732.31
35 46Ί0502.70 122Ί5411.00
36 46Ί0337.50 122Ί5259.50
37 46Ί0153.50 122Ί5235.50
38 46Ί0052.25 122Ί5117.20
39 45Ί5852.00 122Ί5011.80
40 45Ί5740.00 122Ί4846.80
41 45Ί5557.00 122Ί4818.00
42 45Ί5447.00 122Ί4836.75
43 45Ί5305.00 122Ί4748.30
44 45Ί5206.00 122Ί4701.50
45 45Ί5040.00 122Ί4704.50
46 45Ί4931.20 122Ί4741.00
47 45Ί4837.00 122Ί4740.00
48 45Ί4651.00 122Ί4606.30
49 45Ί4534.20 122Ί4537.00
50 45Ί4404.70 122Ί4532.00
51 45Ί4205.00 122Ί4616.00
52 45Ί4050.80 122Ί4624.00
53 45Ί3926.75 122Ί4546.00
54 45Ί3840.00 122Ί4413.00
55 45Ί3817.00 122Ί4247.50
56 45Ί3735.37 122Ί4135.14
57 45Ί3729.47 122Ί4123.855
Description of Location of Point Number 57: A point on the center line of Northern Pacific Railroad Bridge across Columbia River, which point is at center of 3rd pier south of the draw span.
58 45Ί3726.52 122Ί4118.215
59 45Ί3707.85 122Ί4033.42
60 45Ί3705.938 122Ί4026.939
Description of Location of Point Number 60: A point on the center line of the west highway bridge crossing the Columbia River between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, said point being 12.0 ft. south from the center of pier No. 6 of said bridge.
61 45Ί3705.62 122Ί4025.86
Description of Location of Point Number 61: A point on the center line of the east highway bridge crossing the Columbia River between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, said point being 12.0 ft. south from the center of pier No. 6 of said bridge.
62 45Ί3703.71 122Ί4019.38
63 45Ί3634.00 122Ί3827.00
64 45Ί3629.80 122Ί3621.30
65 45Ί3620.00 122Ί3520.00
66 45Ί3547.90 122Ί3248.00
67 45Ί3523.50 122Ί3124.20
68 45Ί3501.00 122Ί2930.00
69 45Ί3442.80 122Ί2820.50
70 45Ί3403.00 122Ί2709.30
71 45Ί3349.00 122Ί2615.80
72 45Ί3403.30 122Ί2436.50
73 45Ί3429.50 122Ί2325.80
74 45Ί3433.40 122Ί2244.00
75 45Ί3410.00 122Ί2104.00
76 45Ί3255.20 122Ί1949.00
77 45Ί3238.00 122Ί1743.70
78 45Ί3238.80 122Ί1556.70
79 45Ί3303.25 122Ί1424.50
80 45Ί3355.00 122Ί1158.50
81 45Ί3437.00 122Ί1054.00
82 45Ί3503.00 122Ί0825.50
83 45Ί3453.40 122Ί0640.00
84 45Ί3500.00 122Ί0602.00
85 45Ί3635.00 122Ί0235.00
86 45Ί3653.80 122Ί0111.50
87 45Ί3658.00 122Ί0008.50
88 45Ί3723.00 121Ί5854.50
89 45Ί3759.00 121Ί5742.80
90 45Ί3837.50 121Ί5716.50
91 45Ί3842.00 121Ί5701.80
92 45Ί3840.35 121Ί5637.34
93 45Ί3840.13 121Ί5622.57
Description of Location of Point Number 93: A point at the intersection of the axis of Bonneville Dam and the center line of center pier of the spillway of said dam.
94 45Ί3839.82 121Ί5601.46
95 45Ί3917.00 121Ί5425.00
96 45Ί3943.85 121Ί5358.48
Description of Location of Point Number 96: A point on center line of bridge at Cascade Locks, known as The Bridge of the Gods and in the center of the main span of said bridge.
97 45Ί3944.81 121Ί5358.16
98 45Ί3945.77 121Ί5357.84
99 45Ί4015.00 121Ί5402.00
100 45Ί4136.80 121Ί5157.00
101 45Ί4224.75 121Ί4836.00
102 45Ί4139.00 121Ί4402.00
103 45Ί4142.00 121Ί4222.00
104 45Ί4219.00 121Ί4002.00
105 45Ί4217.50 121Ί3748.50
106 45Ί4336.00 121Ί3154.30
107 45Ί4315.275 121Ί2952.445
108 45Ί4307.02 121Ί2936.615
Description of Location of Point Number 108: A point on the center line of the Hood River Bridge at the center of the draw span of said bridge.
109 45Ί4304.075 121Ί2930.96
110 45Ί4205.20 121Ί2741.80
111 45Ί4139.25 121Ί2522.00
112 45Ί4135.00 121Ί2402.00
113 45Ί4211.50 121Ί2217.00
114 45Ί4218.00 121Ί2011.50
115 45Ί4200.00 121Ί1840.00
116 45Ί4113.30 121Ί1710.00
117 45Ί4040.50 121Ί1452.00
118 45Ί4017.00 121Ί1252.50
119 45Ί3900.00 121Ί1157.00
120 45Ί3747.00 121Ί1138.40
121 45Ί3700.25 121Ί1143.00
122 45Ί3623.80 121Ί1057.00
123 45Ί3622.50 121Ί1000.00
124 45Ί3629.175 121Ί0839.84
125 45Ί3640.89 121Ί0822.135
Description of Location of Point Number 125: A point on the center line of The Dalles Bridge across the Columbia River at the center of the main span of said bridge.
126 45Ί3643.94 121Ί0817.53
127 45Ί3635.69 121Ί0750.34
128 45Ί3658.44 121Ί0716.41
129 45Ί3706.095 121Ί0657.58
130 45Ί3714.85 121Ί0702.75
Description of Location of Point Number 130: A point on the axis of The Dalles Dam at Station 48 + 79 of the center line survey of said dam.
131 45Ί3723.97 121Ί0708.14
132 45Ί3853.13 121Ί0501.25
133 45Ί3909.54 121Ί0347.51
134 45Ί3904.04 121Ί0157.51
135 45Ί3912.08 121Ί0022.28
136 45Ί3854.66 120Ί5856.33
137 45Ί3855.91 120Ί5849.52
Description of Location of Point Number 137: A point on the center line of the Oregon Trunk Railroad Bridge and in the center of the 4th pier from the north end of said bridge.
138 45Ί3858.405 120Ί5835.90
139 45Ί3924.84 120Ί5706.97
140 45Ί3923.58 120Ί5634.22
141 45Ί3824.54 120Ί5444.75
142 45Ί3835.09 120Ί5340.72
143 45Ί4018.79 120Ί5115.26
144 45Ί4111.69 120Ί4714.64
145 45Ί4219.71 120Ί4338.83
146 45Ί4242.58 120Ί4210.70
147 45Ί4257.18 120Ί4118.11
148 45Ί4348.14 120Ί4005.19
149 45Ί4445.12 120Ί3801.97
150 45Ί4447.00 120Ί3717.91
151 45Ί4447.99 120Ί3523.91
152 45Ί4418.49 120Ί3329.23
153 45Ί4237.59 120Ί3117.65
154 45Ί4200.37 120Ί3016.48
155 45Ί4140.42 120Ί2853.22
156 45Ί4158.55 120Ί2408.96
157 45Ί4241.66 120Ί1930.62
158 45Ί4316.74 120Ί1656.18
159 45Ί4333.84 120Ί1234.62
160 45Ί4543.67 120Ί1010.01
161 45Ί4624.09 120Ί0825.17
162 45Ί4707.10 120Ί0408.70
163 45Ί4826.17 120Ί0049.27
164 45Ί4928.29 119Ί5752.64
165 45Ί4941.97 119Ί5421.95
166 45Ί5025.18 119Ί5053.51
167 45Ί5052.00 119Ί4805.62
168 45Ί5045.15 119Ί4618.16
169 45Ί5125.40 119Ί4007.80
170 45Ί5420.70 119Ί3720.96
171 45Ί5510.82 119Ί3558.28
172 45Ί5532.25 119Ί3413.67
173 45Ί5431.37 119Ί3124.18
174 45Ί5423.43 119Ί2913.01
175 45Ί5503.10 119Ί2657.35
176 45Ί5518.10 119Ί2148.12
177 45Ί5551.37 119Ί1952.71
178 45Ί5554.48 119Ί1939.28
Description of Location of Point Number 178: A point on the center line of the Umatilla Bridge at center of the north main span of said bridge.
179 45Ί5559.59 119Ί1917.20
180 45Ί5610.26 119Ί1747.60
Description of Location of Point Number 180: A point on the axis of McNary Dam at the north face of the south nonoverflow section.
181 45Ί5615.24 119Ί1705.76
182 45Ί5624.05 119Ί1521.40
183 45Ί5558.60 119Ί1328.22
184 45Ί5540.97 119Ί1139.82
185 45Ί5540.26 119Ί1005.04
186 45Ί5558.55 119Ί0730.72
187 45Ί5634.25 119Ί0532.00
188 45Ί5731.28 119Ί0337.36
189 45Ί5809.33 119Ί0133.95
190 45Ί5845.73 119Ί0027.12
191 45Ί0000.00 118Ί5910.12
ARTICLE III.
RATIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
This compact shall become operative when it has been ratified by the legislatures of the States of Oregon and Washington and approved by the Congress of the United States and the Constitutions of the States of Oregon and Washington have been amended to authorize the establishment of the boundary as herein provided.
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Note: The descriptions of the locations of points in Article II of the compact are as of 1957.
For ratification of compact by Washington legislature see chapter 90, Laws of 1957, (RCW 43.58.050RCW 43.58.090), effective March 13, 1957.
For amendment to Washington Constitution authorizing establishment of boundary as provided in compact see Amendment 33 to Article XXIV, §1, Washington Constitution, approved November 4, 1958, and proclaimed December 4, 1958, by Governor to be approved.
For approval of compact by Congress see Public Law 85-575, dated July 31, 1958, 72 Stat. 455 (1958).
Effective date of Oregon constitutional amendment (Const. Art. XVI) authorizing establishment of boundary as provided in compact is December 3, 1958.
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