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

     Purpose: Amend point-of-sale transaction fee rule.

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

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-21-108 on October 18, 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: December 2, 2005.

Susan Yeager

for Ron Ozment, Chair

Fish and Wildlife Commission

OTS-8452.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 03-311, filed 12/16/03, effective 1/16/04)

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 documents. The transaction fee shall be ten percent of the value of the document transaction, excluding any applicable dealer fees except ((that for the period July 1, 2000,)) through June 30, ((2006)) 2007, the transaction fee shall be nine and one-half percent of the value of the document transaction, excluding any applicable dealer fee.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 2003 c 389. 04-01-095 (Order 03-311), § 220-55-180, filed 12/16/03, effective 1/16/04. 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.]