BILL REQ. #:  S-3777.1 



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SENATE BILL 6208
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State of Washington62nd Legislature2012 Regular Session

By Senators Schoesler and Hatfield

Read first time 01/16/12.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.



     AN ACT Relating to license fees under the warehouse act; and amending RCW 22.09.050 and 22.09.055.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 22.09.050 and 2011 c 336 s 602 are each amended to read as follows:
     Any application for a license to operate a warehouse shall be accompanied by a license fee of one thousand ((three hundred fifty)) nine hundred dollars for a terminal warehouse, one thousand ((fifty)) five hundred dollars for a subterminal warehouse, and five hundred dollars for a country warehouse. If a licensee operates more than one warehouse under one state license as provided for in RCW 22.09.030, the license fee shall be computed by multiplying the number of physically separated warehouses within the station by the applicable terminal, subterminal, or country warehouse license fee.
     If an application for renewal of a warehouse license or licenses is not received by the department prior to the renewal date or dates established by the director by rule, a penalty of fifty dollars for the first week and one hundred dollars for each week thereafter shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the renewal license may be issued. This penalty does not apply if the applicant furnishes an affidavit certifying that he or she has not acted as a warehouse operator subsequent to the expiration of his or her prior license.

Sec. 2   RCW 22.09.055 and 2011 c 336 s 603 are each amended to read as follows:
     An application for a license to operate as a grain dealer shall be accompanied by a license fee of one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars. The license fee for exempt grain dealers shall be ((three)) five hundred dollars.
     If an application for renewal of a grain dealer or exempt grain dealer license is not received by the department before the renewal date or dates established by the director by rule, a penalty of fifty dollars for the first week and one hundred dollars for each week thereafter shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the renewal license may be issued. This penalty does not apply if the applicant furnishes an affidavit certifying that he or she has not acted as a grain dealer or exempt grain dealer after the expiration of his or her prior license.

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