WSR 19-12-124

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING

[Filed June 5, 2019, 11:26 a.m., effective July 1, 2019]

Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2019.

Other Findings Required by Other Provisions of Law as Precondition to Adoption or Effectiveness of Rule: The components of Initiative 1639 related to the fee go into effect July 1, 2019.

Purpose: With the passage of Initiative 1639, the department of licensing is adopting rules related to a fee the agency may require firearms dealers to collect from each semiautomatic assault rifle purchaser or transferee.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 308-500-010 Semiautomatic assault rifle fee.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.41.090.

Other Authority: Initiative 1639 (2018).

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 19-10-056 on April 30, 2019.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: June 5, 2019.

Damon Monroe

Rules Coordinator

Chapter 308-500 WAC

FIREARMS PROGRAM

NEW SECTION

WAC 308-500-010Semiautomatic assault rifle fee.

(1) Dealers shall charge each semiautomatic assault rifle purchaser or transferee an eighteen dollar fee per semiautomatic assault rifle purchase or transfer of ownership. The fee must be collected by dealers and remitted to the department of licensing.

(2) For purposes of this section:

(a) "Dealer" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 9.41.010.

(b) "Semiautomatic assault rifle" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 9.41.010.