PERMANENT RULES
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The Washington beef commission is aligning the assessment rate found in WAC 60-12-010 with the rates listed in RCW 16.67.120 and 16.67.122, which is the accurate amount currently being assessed. The change will also ensure consistency with the federal Beef Promotion Act and clarify when assessments are to be collected. WAC 60-12-020 Collection of assessments, sets forth the procedures for collecting state-authorized assessments as described in RCW 16.67.120, 16.67.122, and 16.67.130 including penalties for past due assessments.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 60-12-010.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.17.240, chapters 16.67 and 34.05 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-17-042 on August 11, 2010.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Clarifying language was added to the last sentence in WAC 60-12-010 (1)(b) to clarify when an assessment will be collected. The specific language added is "... unless the assessment has not been paid in the state of origin." This is clarifying language only and is not substantially different from the proposed rule.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 1, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 15, 2010.
Patti Brumbach
Executive Director
OTS-3479.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 95-10-097, filed 5/3/95,
effective 6/3/95)
WAC 60-12-010
Levy of assessment.
(1) Pursuant to the
National Beef Promotion and Research Program, 7 USC S 2901, et
seq., RCW 16.67.120 and 16.67.122, the Washington state beef
commission levies an assessment of one dollar and fifty cents
per head on all Washington cattle sold in this state or
elsewhere, provided that no assessment shall be collected with
reference to the following:
(a) Sales by a person who purchased cattle solely for
resale when such resale occurs within ten days from such
person's purchase of the cattle and when any assessment due in
connection with that original purchase has been paid. In
order to qualify for this exception, such persons additionally
must present ((a)) the designated collecting person with their
certification of ((their)) nonproducer status ((under this
section)) form, along with a brand inspection certificate, a
bill of sale or other documentation establishing the date of
their purchase of the cattle. Such documentation must be
presented at the time of sale to the ((person responsible for
collecting the assessment)) designated collection person.
(b) Sales of cattle where the cattle that have been transported into Washington from another state for the purpose of sale and the sale takes place within thirty days of the cattle entering the state unless the assessment has not been paid in the state of origin.
(2) Assessments shall be paid by and shall be collected from the seller of the cattle. The term seller shall not include an agent or representative who is compensated in connection with the sale solely on a commission, handling fee or other service fee basis.
(3)(a) A designated collecting person is defined as either a state department of agriculture brand inspector where a brand inspection is conducted in conjunction with a sale or the buyer of the cattle where no brand inspection is conducted in connection with the sale.
(b) Where a brand inspection is conducted in conjunction with a sale, brand inspectors employed by the state department of agriculture may collect the assessment from the seller of the cattle. Where no brand inspection is conducted in connection with the sale, the buyer of the cattle shall collect the assessment from the cattle seller at the time of the sale. All assessments so collected shall be transmitted directly to the Washington state beef commission by the fifteenth of the month after the month of collection.
(4) That portion of each assessment remitted to the
Washington state beef commission for purposes of providing
funds for a National Beef Promotion and Research Program under
7 USC S 2901, et seq.((, and RCW 16.67.122)) shall be remitted
to the cattlemen's beef promotion and research board by the
Washington state beef commission.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 16.67.090(4) and 16.67.122. 95-10-097, § 60-12-010, filed 5/3/95, effective 6/3/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 16.67.120 and 16.67.122. 87-01-013 (Order 1912), § 60-12-010, filed 12/9/86; Order 1527, § 60-12-010, filed 5/11/77, effective 7/1/77.]
(2) Procedures for collecting state-authorized assessments are not covered by the federal order and shall be as set forth in RCW 16.67.120(2), 16.67.122, 16.67.130 and this rule.
(3) All state-authorized assessments levied under chapter 16.67 RCW shall be due and payable on the 15th day of the month following the month in which the assessed transaction occurred.
(4) Pursuant to RCW 16.67.130, in the event a person who owes a state-authorized assessment fails to pay the full amount within the time set forth in subsection (3) of this section, the commission is authorized to and shall add an amount of ten percent to the unpaid assessments to defray the cost of collecting the assessment.
(5) Interest at the rate of one percent per month shall accrue on past due assessments pursuant to RCW 43.17.240, starting on the date the assessment became past due.
(6) The commission may assign past due assessments to a state-contracted collection agency to pursue collection. Under RCW 19.16.500, at least thirty days prior to assigning a past due assessment to a collection agency, the commission shall attempt to advise the person who owes the assessment of the existence of the debt and that the debt may be assigned to a collection agency for collection if the debt is not paid.
(7) The commission may bring a civil action under RCW 16.67.130 against any person who owes a past due state-authorized assessment in a state court of competent jurisdiction for the collection thereof, together with ten percent late fee, interest from the date the debt became past due and any other necessary reasonable costs including attorney's fees.
(8) Any civil action for the collection of past due assessments may be combined with an action to collect any past due Washington state department of agriculture brand inspection fees imposed under chapter 16.57 or 16.65 RCW or 16-610 WAC when owed from the same person.
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