PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: May 8, 2001.
Purpose: To amend the existing rule by increasing fees for application and hourly inspection for certification of strawberry planting stock within fiscal growth factors for fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2002 and to make a technical correction in the text.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-328-010.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 15.14 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-07-098 on March 21, 2001.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
May 8, 2001
Jim Jesernig
Director
OTS-4685.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-19-034, filed 9/12/00,
effective 10/13/00)
WAC 16-328-010
Strawberry plant certification fees.
Effective June 30, 2001, strawberry plant certification fees are
as follows:
(1) Certification application fee. The applicant must
furnish all information requested on the application for
inspection, including, but not limited to, the crop, variety,
class planted, date planted, source of seed or plants, acreage,
field number, applicant's name and address, applicant's
signature, and date of application. The applicant must allow the
department to take plants or plant parts from any planting for
inspection or testing purposes. A separate application is
required for each cultivar and/or lot entered for certification. Applications for inspection must be filed with the Plant Services
Program, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, Washington, 98504-2560 by June
((30)) 15 of each year and be accompanied by a ((one hundred
twenty-five dollar)) $128.22 fee.
(2) Inspection fees. The inspection fee is ((twenty-five
dollars)) $25.70 per hour plus mileage charged at a rate
established by the state office of financial management. Inspection and testing fees are payable upon completion of work. Billing may be arranged subject to department policies and
processes.
(3) The department will remove any applicant from the certification program for failing to pay fees when due.
(4) The department will not accept applications from growers owing the department for previous fees.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.14 RCW. 00-19-034, 16-328-010, filed 9/12/00, effective 10/13/00; 92-15-114 (Order 3005), 16-328-010, filed 7/21/92, effective 8/21/92; 87-13-016 (Order 1932), 16-328-010, filed 6/9/87; Order 1216, 16-328-010, filed 10/18/71; effective 11/18/71, Order 925, Regulation 1, filed 6/25/63; Order 625, Regulation 1, effective 4/29/52.]
(1) Certification application fee. The applicant must furnish all information requested on the application for inspection, including, but not limited to, the crop, variety, class planted, date planted, source of seed or plants, acreage, field number, applicant's name and address, applicant's signature, and date of application. The applicant must allow the department to take plants or plant parts from any planting for inspection or testing purposes. A separate application is required for each cultivar and/or lot entered for certification. Applications for inspection must be filed with the Plant Services Program, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, Washington, 98504-2560 by June 15 of each year and be accompanied by a $132.00 fee.
(2) Inspection fees. The inspection fee is $26.40 per hour plus mileage charged at a rate established by the state office of financial management. Inspection and testing fees are payable upon completion of work. Billing may be arranged subject to department policies and processes.
(3) The department will remove any applicant from the certification program for failing to pay fees when due.
(4) The department will not accept applications from growers owing the department for previous fees.
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