WSR 15-06-043
PROPOSED RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
[Filed February 27, 2015, 11:54 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 15-02-079.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Filing and recording fees for survey maps, the proposed rule is an amendment to the existing rule in WAC 332-150-030 setting the recording fee surcharge for survey maps. The board of natural resources is authorized by RCW 58.24.070 to review the current fee and determine if it needs to be adjusted in order to provide appropriate funding support for the public land survey office in the department of natural resources.
Hearing Location(s): Board of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Room #172, Olympia, WA 98501, on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at 10:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: May 5, 2015.
Submit Written Comments to: Patrick Beehler, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504-7030, e-mail pat.beehler@dnr.wa.gov, fax (360) 902-1191, by April 15, 2015.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: To amend WAC 332-150-030 by increasing the recording fee surcharge for any surveys, subdivision plats, short plats or condominium surveys, plats or maps from the current fee of forty-six dollars to sixty-four dollars per instrument, effective July 1, 2015.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Provide additional funding for the public land survey office of the department of natural resources to help meet the legislative expectations under chapter 58.24 RCW as the statewide source of land surveying information.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 58.24.070.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Department of natural resources, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Patrick J. Beehler, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, WA 98501, (360) 902-1181; Implementation and Enforcement: Dale Mix, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, WA 98501, (360) 902-1199.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. There is no fiscal impact to the professional land surveyor preparing the map.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. There is no fiscal impact to the professional land surveyor preparing the map.
February 27, 2015
Kyle Blum
Deputy Supervisor
for State Uplands
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 02-15-126, filed 7/19/02, effective 8/19/02)
WAC 332-150-030 Filing and recording fees.
Effective ((August 19, 2002)) July 1, 2015, each county auditor shall collect the fee of ((forty-six)) sixty-four dollars per instrument in addition to any other fees required by law, as a condition precedent to the filing and recording of any surveys, subdivision plats, short plats or condominium surveys, plats or maps.