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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1096

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives L. Smith, Schoon, Hastings, Schmidt, Bond, Ballard and Isaacson

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

AN ACT Relating to surface mining; and amending RCW 78.44.110.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 12, chapter 64, Laws of 1970 ex. sess. as amended by section 4, chapter 215, Laws of 1984 and RCW 78.44.110 are each amended to read as follows:

          The permit fees required under this chapter shall be as follows:

          (1) The basic fee for the permit shall be ((two hundred fifty)) twenty-five dollars per permit year for each separate location, payable with submission of the application and annually thereafter with submission of the report required in RCW 78.44.130.  Persons actually engaged in surface mining on or after June 7, 1984, shall pay an additional fee of two hundred twenty-five dollars per permit year for each separate location where surface mining is occurring.

          (2) In addition, there shall be a five dollar per acre fee for all acreage exceeding ten acres which was newly disturbed by surface mining during the previous permit year, which acreage fee shall be paid at the time of submission of the report required in RCW 78.44.130.

          (3) All fees collected shall be deposited in the general fund.