The board of directors of a district has and may
exercise the following powers and duties:
(1)To manage and supervise, to the extent permitted by the laws
of the state or the United States, the development of waterways
and of related roads, highways, bridges, locks, and structures
within the jurisdiction of the district.
(2)To assist other agencies of state and local government having
jurisdiction over the waterways within the district.
(3)To enter into contracts in furtherance of the district's purposes
including, without limitation, the construction and maintenance
of waterway related facilities, including wastewater pre-treatment
plants, pumps, wells, locks, wharves, piers, bridges, roads,
highways, confined disposal facilities, and similar structures.
(4)To employ a professional st
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The board of directors of a district has and may
exercise the following powers and duties:
(1) To manage and supervise, to the extent permitted by the laws
of the state or the United States, the development of waterways
and of related roads, highways, bridges, locks, and structures
within the jurisdiction of the district.
(2) To assist other agencies of state and local government having
jurisdiction over the waterways within the district.
(3) To enter into contracts in furtherance of the district's purposes
including, without limitation, the construction and maintenance
of waterway related facilities, including wastewater pre-treatment
plants, pumps, wells, locks, wharves, piers, bridges, roads,
highways, confined disposal facilities, and similar structures.
(4) To employ a professional staff to assist the board in carrying
out its duties and to engage consultants, attorneys, accountants,
and other professional personnel who are necessary to carry out
the duties of the board.
(5) To prepare a budget annually, and to appropriate funds for the
discharge of the district's purposes and duties; provided that the
district shall neither appropriate nor expend any funds to support
the construction, operation, or maintenance of any casino gaming
boat, dock, or related facility.
(6) To raise funds by the imposition of user fees for waterways
and public facilities in the district's jurisdiction subject to the
following:
(A) The fees shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) per year for the state fiscal years beginning July 1,
1994, and July 1, 1995.
(B) The fees shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars
($200,000) per year for the state fiscal year beginning July 1,
1996.
(C) The fees shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars
($300,000) per year for the state fiscal year beginning July 1,
1997.
(D) The fees shall not exceed four hundred thousand dollars
($400,000) per year for the state fiscal year beginning July 1,
1998.
(E) The fees shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000) per year thereafter.
(F) The fees shall be deposited into a nonreverting fund to be
expended by the district in the discharge of its functions.
These fees shall be imposed on all owners of property adjacent to
waterways and users of waterways and may not exceed seventy-five
thousand dollars ($75,000) per year for any single owner or user.
(7) To act as a local sponsoring agency under contract or
memorandum of understanding with any private party or any
agency of the state government or the government of the United
States in furtherance of the purposes, powers, and duties of the
district.
(8) To accept grants, transfers, payments, or other conveyances of
money or property in the capacity of a trustee or fiduciary in a
special nonreverting fund under terms agreeable by the district
and by the person, entity, individual, or agency providing the
money or property for the purpose of:
(A) managing funds for the cleanup, environmental
remediation, and closure of any real property on or adjacent to
the waterway within the district; or
(B) establishing waste water pre-treatment plants, pumps,
related equipment, and other structures, equipment, and fixtures
required to maintain a confined disposal facility or similar
structure on or near any waterway within the jurisdiction of the
district.
(9) To perform studies and establish plans for the use and
development of waterways within the district's jurisdiction in an
environmentally responsible manner.
(10) To acquire and dispose of real or personal property by grant,
gift, purchase, lease, devise, or otherwise.
(11) To hold, use, improve, maintain, operate, own, manage, or
lease (as lessor or lessee) real or personal property, or any interest
in that property.
(12) To act, when requested, as a coordinating agency for
programs and activities of other public and private agencies that
are related to its purposes.