Richard Lewis

The ordinance sets out the need for and levying of a user service fee on vessels and owners of cargo, placing responsibility for providing required documentation and providing penalties. The Sabine Neches Navigation District is the designated non-federal sponsor for the Sabine Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project. The Navigation District is responsible for funding its required cost share of the total Project, including payment of the Navigation District's 40 percent share of the construction cost. A User Fee will be assessed against vessels whose design draft exceeds 20 feet and owners of all cargos transiting on vessels whose design draft exceeds 20 feet and loading or discharging at terminals or facilities on the Sabine Neches Waterway, beginning on a date 15 calendar days after final approval of this Ordinance by the Board of Commissioners of the Navigation District. The User Fee is assessed for services including, but not limited to, meeting the financial responsibility of acting as the local sponsor for the Project.