Date Adopted: December 15, 2003.

     Purpose: Transaction fee rules. Applies transaction fee of 9.5% to all documents issued through WILD as per chapter 389, Laws of 2003 and RCW 77.32.050.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-55-180.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.

     Other Authority: Chapter 389, Laws of 2003.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-18-038 on August 26, 2003.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

December 15, 2003

Susan Yeager

for Will Roehl, Chair

Fish and Wildlife Commission

OTS-6624.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 00-81, filed 5/24/00, effective 6/24/00)

WAC 220-55-180   Point-of-sale transaction fee.   The point-of-sale transaction fee shall be used to operate an automated recreational licensing system. This fee shall be applied to all automated licensing system purchases of recreational ((hunting and fishing licenses and if authorized by the commission pursuant to RCW 77.32.450(2), automated license system fees paid for second animals)) documents. The transaction fee shall be ten percent of the value of the ((license)) document transaction, excluding any applicable dealer fees except that for the period July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2006, the transaction fee shall be nine and one-half percent of the value of the ((license)) document transaction, excluding any applicable dealer fee.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.32.050. 00-11-176 (Order 00-81), § 220-55-180, filed 5/24/00, effective 6/24/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 77.32.050. 00-02-049 (Order 99-234), § 220-55-180, filed 12/30/99, effective 1/30/00.]