WSR 10-04-057

PERMANENT RULES

SECRETARY OF STATE


[ Filed January 29, 2010, 10:16 a.m. , effective March 1, 2010 ]


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

     Purpose: To change the renewal period for certification authorities from one year to two without changing fees.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 434-180-130 and 434-180-205.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 19.34.101, 19.34.500.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-01-061 on December 10, 2009.

     Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Editing changes were made to state the purpose more clearly.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: January 29, 2010.

Steve Excell

Assistant Secretary of State


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 98-16-031, filed 7/29/98, effective 8/29/98)

WAC 434-180-130   Fees.   Fees for services performed by the secretary of state are established in the following amounts:

     (1) For application for a license as a certification authority:

     (a) For the applicant's first year doing business as a licensed certification authority in this state: One thousand four hundred dollars;

     (b) For the applicant's subsequent biennial renewal doing business as a licensed certification authority in this state: Two thousand eight hundred dollars ((second year doing business as a licensed certification authority in this state: One thousand eight hundred dollars; and

     (c) For the applicant's third or subsequent year and for each subsequent biennial renewal doing business as a licensed certification authority in this state: Two thousand eight hundred dollars)).

     (2) For recognition as a repository, in addition to the license issuance or renewal fee paid pursuant to this section:

     (a) For the applicant's first year doing business as a recognized repository in this state: One thousand four hundred dollars;

     (b) For the applicant's subsequent biennial renewal doing business as a recognized repository in this state: Two thousand eight hundred dollars ((second year doing business as a recognized repository in this state: One thousand eight hundred dollars; and

     (c) For the applicant's third or subsequent year and for each subsequent biennial renewal doing business as a recognized repository in this state: Two thousand eight hundred dollars)).

     (3) For recognition of a foreign license: One-half of the otherwise applicable fee as set forth under subsection (1) or (2) of this section.

     (4) For qualification of operative personnel:

     (a) For administering and scoring the examination required by WAC 434-180-215(3), fifty dollars per individual; and

     (b) For qualifying operative personnel pursuant to WAC 434-180-215 and 434-180-220, other than (or in addition to) administering and scoring the examination, twenty-five dollars per individual.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 19.34 RCW, including RCW 19.34.030, 19.34.040, 19.34.100, 19.34.400, 19.34.500 and 1998 c 33. 98-16-031, § 434-180-130, filed 7/29/98, effective 8/29/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.34.030, 19.34.040, 19.34.100, 19.34.111 and 19.34.400. 97-24-053, § 434-180-130, filed 11/26/97, effective 12/27/97.]

     Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.

     Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 97-24-053, filed 11/26/97, effective 12/27/97)

WAC 434-180-205   Issuance of license or renewal.   The secretary shall, within a reasonable time, issue or renew a license as a certification authority if the applicant has:

     (1) Submitted all documentation required by WAC 434-180-200 and 434-180-210; and

     (2) The secretary has determined that the applicant meets all requirements for licensure.

     (3) Issuance ((or renewal)) of a license shall be valid for a period of one year. ((Renewal of a license shall be valid for a period of two years.)) Failure to receive a notice of the need to renew a license is an insufficient reason for failing to file the required application for renewal.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.34.030, 19.34.040, 19.34.100, 19.34.111 and 19.34.400. 97-24-053, § 434-180-205, filed 11/26/97, effective 12/27/97.]

     Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

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