WSR 18-17-001
PERMANENT RULES
HARDWOODS COMMISSION
[Filed August 1, 2018, 1:48 p.m., effective September 1, 2018]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To be commensurate with the effective date of new WAC 244-12-050 Assessments and collections.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 244-12-050.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 15.74 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-13-089 on June 18, 2018.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 26, 2018.
David A. Sweitzer
Executive Director
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 91-14-055, filed 6/27/91, effective 7/1/91)
WAC 244-12-050Assessments and collections.
(1) ((The assessment shall be based upon the following schedule:
quarterly production
category
(thousand tons)
quarterly
assessment
1
5
to
7.5
$150
 
2
7.5
to
15
$300
 
3
15
to
25
$600
 
4
25
to
35
$900
 
5
35
to
45
$1,200
 
6
45
to
62.5
$1,500
 
7
62.5
to
82.5
$2,250
 
8
82.5
to
125
$3,000
 
9
125
to
175
$4,500
 
10
175
to
250
$6,000
 
11
250
to
350
$9,000
 
12
350
to
450
$12,000
 
13
450
to
625
$15,000
 
14
625
to
875
$22,500
 
15
875
to
1125
$30,000
 
16
over
1125
$35,000))
 
To provide for permanent funding of the Washington hardwoods commission, agricultural commodity assessments shall be levied by the commission on processors of hardwoods.
An assessment is hereby levied on hardwood processors operating within the state of Washington. The assessment shall be based on the hardwood processor's production per calendar quarter. The assessment shall be four cents per ton produced effective July 1, 2018.
Beginning July 1, 2019, and every July 1st thereafter, the assessment must be adjusted to reflect the percentage change in the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures for the United States as published for the most recent twelve-month period by the bureau of economic analysis of the federal Department of Commerce by September 25th of the year before the assessments are payable.
(2) For purposes of determining the ((appropriate production category))assessment, the following ((equivalents will))definitions apply:
(a) One ton of logs, scaled by weight, input for a processor equals one ton of production; or
(b) One thousand board feet, Scribner scale, input for a processor equals 7.25 tons of production.
(3) Processors who produce less than ((five))one thousand tons of hardwood products or ship less than one thousand tons of logs out of the state of Washington in a calendar quarter will not be assessed. However, they still must submit a quarterly report.
(4) Assessments shall be paid to the commission according to the levy schedule in subsection (1) of this section.