The Oregon State Marine Board met via teleconference on Tuesday, April 24, to finalize a legislative budget concept for its 2019-2021 agency budget. In a 3 to 1 vote, the Board approved the agency’s recommendation of $1.6 million in voluntary reductions to minimize the impact of a fee increase to motorized boat owners. Previously, at the April 18, 2018 Board meeting, the Board unanimously approved several fee increases to maintain adequate agency funding for the next two biennia, 2019-2021 and 2021-2023. The agency budget reductions combined with a fee increase for the 2019 session are in legislative concept form, and do not signify absolutes. The Oregon Legislature ultimately decides the Marine Board’s budget; which will not go into effect until 2020. For more information, visit http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/info/Pages/Board-and-Public-Meetings.aspx.
