Oregon Code § 480.595·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Permits; rules; fees.
(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt rules regarding
installation permits and operating permits. The rules may include, but need not
be limited to, rules creating standardized forms, establishing operating permit
fees, establishing permit cycles and setting terms and conditions for permit
validity.
(2) Upon timely
receipt of an installation permit fee, the department may issue an installation
permit, perform an installation inspection and issue a temporary operating
authorization.
(3) Upon timely
receipt of an operating permit fee, the department may issue or renew an
operating permit and may perform a periodic inspection if required during the
operating permit cycle.
(4) Except as
provided in ORS 480.525 and 480.600, installation permit fees are as follows:
(a) For boilers,
$175.
(b) For pressure
vessels, $125.
(5) Except as
provided in ORS 480.600, maximum operating permit fees per year are as follows:
(a) Power boilers of 15
horsepower
or less $110
(b) Other boilers of 15
horsepower
or less $
55
(c) Power boilers greater
than 15
horsepower to 100 horsepower $110
(d) Other boilers greater
than 15
horsepower to 100 horsepower $
55
(e) Power boilers greater
than 100
horsepower to 500 horsepower $110
(f) Other boilers greater
than 100
horsepower to 500 horsepower $
55
(g) Power boilers greater
than 500 horsepower $110
(h) Other boilers greater
than 500 horsepower $
55
(i) Notwithstanding
paragraphs
(a) to (h) of this
subsection,
all cast iron boilers $
55
(j) Pressure vessels
having
a product volume of
20 cubic feet or less $
50
(k) Pressure vessels
having
a product volume
greater than 20 cubic feet $
50
(6) For a
reinspection, the fee is $75.
(7) For the
submission of plans and other pertinent data when required, for each boiler or
pressure vessel, the fee is $78. [1961 c.485 §19; 1967 c.447 §3; 1969 c.582 §16;
1973 c.830 §6; 1973 c.832 §18a; 1974 c.36 §17; 1981 c.566 §2; 1983 c.676 §16;
1991 c.201 §3; 2001 c.162 §1; 2007 c.487 §9; 2009 c.696 §17]