CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5981

Chapter 61, Laws of 2012

62nd Legislature
2012 Regular Session



SEED DEALERS--LICENSE FEES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/07/12

Passed by the Senate February 14, 2012
  YEAS 40   NAYS 7

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 1, 2012
  YEAS 89   NAYS 7

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5981 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved March 20, 2012, 1:40 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 20, 2012







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5981
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Passed Legislature - 2012 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 2nd Special Session

By Senators Schoesler, Hatfield, and Honeyford

Read first time 12/07/11.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.



     AN ACT Relating to seed dealer license fees; and amending RCW 15.49.380.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 15.49.380 and 2010 c 8 s 6064 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No person shall distribute seeds without having obtained a dealer's license for each regular place of business: PROVIDED, That no license shall be required of a person who distributes seeds only in sealed packages of eight ounces or less, packed by a seed labeling registrant and bearing the name and address of the registrant: PROVIDED FURTHER, That a license shall not be required of any grower selling seeds of his or her own production exclusively. Such seed sold by such grower must be properly labeled as provided in this chapter. Each dealer's license shall cost one hundred twenty-five dollars, shall be issued through the master license system, shall bear the date of issue, shall expire on the master license expiration date, and shall be prominently displayed in each place of business.
     (2) Persons custom conditioning and/or custom treating seeds for others for remuneration shall be considered dealers for the purpose of this chapter.
     (3) Application for a license to distribute seed shall be through the master license system and shall include the name and address of the person applying for the license, the name of a person domiciled in this state authorized to receive and accept service or legal notices of all kinds, and any other reasonable and practical information prescribed by the department necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter.


         Passed by the Senate February 14, 2012.
         Passed by the House March 1, 2012.
         Approved by the Governor March 20, 2012.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 20, 2012.