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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 486

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Valle, Allen and Rust

Read first time 2/4/85 and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.

AN ACT Relating to solid waste management; and adding a new section to chapter 70.95 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 70.95 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) Beginning January 1, 1986, each operator of a publicly or privately owned solid waste management facility shall assess a user fee on each user of the facility.

          (a) If the facility is used for processing solid waste without materials or energy recovery, the user fee shall equal fifteen cents per cubic yard of solid waste disposed.  Where weight is the basis of disposal charges, the user fee shall equal sixty cents per ton.

          (b) If a facility is used for processing solid waste with materials or energy recovery, the user fee shall equal five cents per cubic yard.  Where weight is the basis of disposal charges, the user fee shall equal twenty cents per ton.

          (c) Where a facility is operated for the sole purpose of materials recovery, a user fee shall not be charged.

          (d) Each operator shall remit fees collected under this section on a quarterly basis to the department, less one cent per cubic yard or four cents per ton of the fee collected to defray administrative costs.

          (2) Moneys received by the department under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the solid waste management fund, which is hereby created.  This fund is established only to finance implementation of this chapter.  Revenue collected under this section shall, at all times, be kept as a separate account and shall not be drawn upon or be available for any other purposes.  Any funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried forward to the following fiscal year.

          (3) The fund shall be administered by the department as provided in this section.  The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund.  The interest, earnings, and capital of the fund shall be used annually, only for the following purposes:

          (a) To provide staff and support to implement the regulatory and facility permitting requirements in this chapter including financial assistance to jurisdictional health departments as established by RCW 70.95.220 and 70.95.230; and

          (b) The remaining funds shall be made available on a fiscal year basis to fund solid waste management information and waste reduction education, recycling programs, and comprehensive solid waste planning in conformance with this chapter.