"Rocky" wrote in message
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Jim Logajan wrote:


"837.020 Registration of pilots; renewal. (1) In the interest of public
safety and the safety of those people traveling by air or receiving
aviation instruction, every pilot operating within this state shall
register with the Oregon Department of Aviation within 60 days of
issuance of any appropriate effective federal certificate, permit, rating
or license relating to competency as a pilot except that student pilots
shall register prior to their first solo flight. A nonresident pilot of a
scheduled or nonscheduled airline, certificated by the appropriate
federal agency, is not required to register under the provisions of this
section unless the nonresident pilot engages in the piloting of aircraft
other than such certificated operation. Nonresidents operating within
this state, other than in a commercial operation, shall register with the
department within 60 days of the date of arrival within the state. Pilots
operating commercially shall register prior to any commercial operation.



As a resident of Oregon for 37+ years I will chime in here. If a pilot
lives here and flys he/she must register and pay the 8$ a year. If you
live out of state and keep a plane here you must pay. If you live out of
state and get some instruction here (even a BFR) you gotta pay. If your
just passin thru, wave, and don't sweat it, no one is going to hunt you
down (unless you crash here). BTW the money gets used for S&R ONLY not
paychecks for the politicians.......

I've got to agree with Rocky. Nobody is going to chase you down. With that
said, the wording is absurd/illegal. I can see registration for a commercial
pilot operating here, but transients? No way.

I've been a CFI in Oregon for 30+ years and am well aware of Oregon
Airmen Registration, but have never heard of this wording. I once registered
after a couple year layoff, and offered to pay the back fees. A very nice
lady called my office, and said that she had never had anyone offer to pay
back fees before, and they didn't know how to handle it. I told her to
donate it to the SAR fund, which by the way, is where every dime of this
money goes.

Thanks Jim for bringing this to my attention. We have a VERY vocal EAA
here in Oregon, and we could probably follow this up a bit. This should be
changed before some eager bureaucrat gets the idiotic notion he can collect
from everybody that flies past. A law that is written this way, and then not
enforced, opens the opportunity for selective enforcement, which is very
bad.

Al G