AN ACT Relating to
interest on delinquent payment of regulatory fees imposed by the utilities and
transportation commission; amending RCW 80.24.010, 81.70.350, 81.80.321, and
81.108.090; and adding a new section to chapter 81.24 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 80.24.010 and 1990 c
48 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Every public service
company subject to regulation by the commission shall, on or before the date
specified by the commission for filing annual reports under RCW 80.04.080, file
with the commission a statement on oath showing its gross operating revenue
from intrastate operations for the preceding calendar year or portion thereof
and pay to the commission a fee equal to one-tenth of one percent of the first
fifty thousand dollars of gross operating revenue, plus two-tenths of one
percent of any gross operating revenue in excess of fifty thousand dollars:
PROVIDED, That the fee shall in no case be less than one dollar.
The percentage rates of
gross operating revenue to be paid in any year may be decreased by the
commission for any class of companies subject to the payment of such fees, by
general order entered before March 1st of such year, and for such purpose such
companies shall be classified as follows:
Electrical, gas, water,
telecommunications, and irrigation companies shall constitute class one. Every
other company subject to regulation by the commission, for which regulatory
fees are not otherwise fixed by law shall pay fees as herein provided and shall
constitute additional classes according to kinds of businesses engaged in.
Any payment of the
fee imposed by this section made after its due date shall include a late fee of
two percent of the amount due. Delinquent fees shall accrue interest at the
rate of one percent per month.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. A new section is added to
chapter 81.24 RCW to read as follows:
Any payment of a fee
imposed by this chapter made after its due date shall include a late fee of two
percent of the amount due. Delinquent fees shall accrue interest at the rate
of one percent per month.
Sec. 3. RCW 81.70.350 and 1989 c
163 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The commission
shall collect from each charter party carrier and excursion service carrier
holding a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter and from each interstate
or foreign carrier subject to this chapter an annual regulatory fee, to be
established by the commission but which in total shall not exceed the cost of
supervising and regulating such carriers, for each bus used by such carrier.
(2) All fees prescribed
by this section shall be due and payable on or before December 31 of each year,
to cover the ensuing year beginning February 1.
(3) Any payment of
the fee imposed by this section made after its due date shall include a late fee
of two percent of the amount due. Delinquent fees shall accrue interest at the
rate of one percent per month.
Sec. 4. RCW 81.80.321 and 1993 c
97 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
In addition to all
other fees to be paid, a common carrier and contract carrier shall pay a
regulatory fee of no more than 0.0025 of its gross income from intrastate
operations for the previous calendar year, or such other period as the
commission designates by rule. The carrier shall pay the fee no later than
four months after the end of the appropriate period and shall include with the
payment such information as the commission requires by rule.
The legislature intends
that the fees collected under this chapter shall reasonably approximate the
cost of supervising and regulating motor carriers subject to this chapter, and
to that end the commission may by general order decrease fees provided in this
section if it determines that the moneys then in the motor carrier account of
the public service revolving fund and the fees currently to be paid will exceed
the reasonable cost of supervising and regulating carriers.
Any payment of the
fee imposed by this section made after its due date shall include a late fee of
two percent of the amount due. Delinquent fees shall accrue interest at the
rate of one percent per month.
All fees collected
under any other provision of this chapter must be paid to the commission. The
commission shall transmit the fees to the state treasurer within thirty days
for deposit to the credit of the public service revolving fund.
Sec. 5. RCW 81.108.090 and 1991
c 272 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A site operator
shall, on or before May 1, 1992, and each year thereafter, file with the
commission a statement showing its gross operating revenue from intrastate
operations for the preceding calendar year, or portion thereof, and pay to the
commission a fee equal to one percent of the amount of the gross operating
revenue, exclusive of site surveillance fees, perpetual care and maintenance
fees, site closure fees, and state or federally imposed out-of-region
surcharges.
(2) Fees collected
under this chapter shall reasonably approximate the cost of supervising and
regulating site operators. The commission may order a decrease in fees by
March 1st of any year in which it determines that the moneys then in the
radioactive waste disposal companies account of the public service revolving
fund and the fees currently to be paid will exceed the reasonable cost of
supervising and regulating site operators.
(3) Fees collected
under this section or under any other provision of this chapter shall be paid
to the commission and shall be transmitted to the state treasurer within thirty
days to be deposited to the credit of the public service revolving fund.
(4) Any
payment of a fee imposed by this chapter made after its due date shall include
a late fee of two percent of the amount due. Delinquent fees shall accrue
interest at the rate of one percent per month.
