Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2013.

     Purpose: This proposal increases the vehicles for hire licensing fees, as authorized by the 2012 legislative session budget bill, ESHB 2190, section 208(20): "Consistent with RCW 43.135.055 and 43.24.086, during the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium, the legislature authorizes the department to adjust the business and vehicle fees for the for hire licensing program in amounts sufficient to recover the costs of administering the for hire licensing program."

     Fiscal analysis and forecasting indicate that full cost recovery would mean that the fees would be as proposed.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-89-060 Fees.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.72.120 Rules.

     Other Authority: ESHB 2190, section 208(20).

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 12-21-123 on October 24, 2012.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: November 30, 2012.

Damon Monroe

Rules Coordinator

OTS-5121.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 96-16-032, filed 8/1/96, effective 9/1/96)

WAC 308-89-060   Fees.   The department, as authorized in RCW 46.72, shall charge and collect the following fees:

New for hire business application	$((20.00)) 110.00
New vehicle certificate	((20.00)) 55.00
Vehicle certificate renewal	((20.00)) 55.00
Change of vehicle certificate	((20.00)) 55.00
Duplicate vehicle certificate	((20.00)) 55.00

[Statutory Authority: 1996 c 87. 96-16-032, § 308-89-060, filed 8/1/96, effective 9/1/96. Statutory Authority: ESSB 6460 and RCW 46.72.120. 92-12-036, § 308-89-060, filed 5/29/92, effective 7/1/92.]