Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 856 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, OREGON BOARD OF MARITIME PILOTS › Division 10 - GENERAL › Section 856-010-0006 - Board Operations Fee

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 Board operations fee shall be $50 effective July 15, 2013. Thereafter, the fee
			 shall be reviewed quarterly and adjusted as needed as provided in subsection
			 (2) of this section, subject to the maximum allowed by ORS
			 776.810(1).
(2) The amount of the Board operations fee
			 shall be reviewed quarterly, at the first Board meeting following each
			 September 30, December 31, March 31 and June 30. In reviewing the fee and
			 deciding whether to adjust it, the Board shall consider the total of fees
			 remitted to the Board during the preceding quarter or quarters, the Board's
			 current and projected budgetary needs, the total of fees projected to be
			 remitted to the Board during the following quarter or quarters, and any other
			 factors deemed relevant by the Board. If the Board concludes that an adjustment
			 to the fee is appropriate, it shall request approval for the recommended
			 adjustment subject to ORS
			 776.800(4).
(3) The maximum allowed amount shall be
			 adjusted each biennium on July 1, beginning July 1, 2015. The change in the
			 maximum allowed amount shall be proportional to the percentage change in the
			 24-month period prior to the beginning of the biennium in the Consumer Price
			 Index for All Urban Consumers West Region (All Items), as published by the
			 Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
(4) The amount of the Board operations fee
			 shall be published in the Oregon Pilotage Tariff for each pilotage ground under
			 the paragraph heading "Board Operations Fee."
(5) Licensees of the Board shall invoice
			 vessels for the Board operations fee when invoicing vessels for other
			 authorized pilotage fees and charges. For vessels entering or leaving the
			 Columbia River, Board licensees for the Columbia River Bar shall invoice and
			 collect fees from inbound vessels, and licensees for the Columbia and
			 Willamette River pilotage ground shall invoice and collect the fee from
			 outbound vessels. For vessels entering or leaving the Yaquina Bay bar or Coos
			 Bay bar pilotage grounds, the Board operations fee shall be invoiced and
			 collected by the licensees for such grounds from both inbound and outbound
			 vessels.
(6) On or before the 10th
			 day of each month, Board licensees shall remit to the Board the full amount of
			 all Board operations fees collected from vessels during the preceding calendar
			 month. At the time of remitting the collected fees to the Board, the remission
			 shall be accompanied by a report of the number of vessels invoiced for the fee
			 during the preceding month, the total amount of fees invoiced, the number of
			 vessels from which the fee was collected during the preceding month, the total
			 of Board operations fees collected, and the amount that remains invoiced but
			 uncollected.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 776
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  776.800 & ORS
				  776.810