WSR 14-21-034 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE [Filed October 7, 2014, 9:03 a.m., effective November 7, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule-making order amends WAC 16-401-060 Annual assessment—Grapevines, by adopting a ten cent per vine annual assessment limit on grapevines as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers. This is not a fee increase.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-401-060.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 15.13.310 and 15.14.015.
Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-17-117 on August 20, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 7, 2014.
Don R. Hover
Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 03-09-112, filed 4/22/03, effective 5/23/03)
WAC 16-401-060 Annual assessment—Grapevines.
As provided in RCW 15.13.310, an annual assessment of five percent, not to exceed $0.10 per grapevine, on the gross sale price of the wholesale market value for all grapevine propagation material produced in Washington, and sold within the state or shipped from the state by any licensed nursery dealer, is established.
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