(1) Requested services are provided at the applicable hourly rate. ((The nonbusiness hourly rate applies for service provided before))Services are generally available between 8:00 a.m. ((or after))and 5:00 p.m. during the ((workday and for all services provided on Saturday, Sunday, or a))workweek, except for on holidays listed in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Holidays mean New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, Veteran's Day, Christmas Day, President's Day, and Martin Luther King's Birthday.

(3) The hourly charge is assessed in one-half hour increments, with one-half hour being the minimum charge.

(((4) Persons requesting service with less than twenty-four hours notice during nonbusiness hours may be subject to a charge of two additional hours at the nonbusiness hourly rate, if the department is required to pay call back to the employee(s) providing the requested service.))

The following rates apply for requested inspection services at licensed nursery facilities:

(2) Mileage at the established office of financial management rate (((schedule A))), per diem and other authorized travel expenses at actual cost, and travel time at the applicable hourly rate may be assessed for requested inspections that are not a part of a regular work schedule. Such charge may be prorated among applicants if more than one applicant is provided service during a workday or trip when mileage and/or per diem are applicable.

(3) Inspections for phytosanitary certification, including growing season field inspections, are provided at the applicable hourly rate provided in subsection (1) of this section except where an alternate certification inspection fee is provided in statute, in rule, or by a written agreement between the department and an industry entity, university, or public agency. When growing season field inspections for phytosanitary certification and regulatory inspections are performed simultaneously, the first two hours of inspection each calendar year for nurseries licensed under WAC 16-401-041 (1)(b) or (2)(a); and the first four hours of inspection per calendar year for nurseries licensed under WAC 16-401-041 (1)(c) or (2)(b), are without charge.

((There is no additional charge for the first phytosanitary certificate issued at the time of the inspection.))

(4) Inspection and certification of nonplant material or equipment for sanitation (freedom from soil or pests) by visual examination or through witnessing a prescribed treatment (steam cleaning, hydro-washing, etc.) is charged at the applicable hourly rate.

(5) ((Witnessing and certification of fumigation is charged at the applicable hourly rate, plus a per lot or container fee.

(6))) The department may also charge fees and/or surcharges for transmittal to federal agencies.

(((7)))(6) The department may issue a certificate of plant health for noncommercial movement of plant materials between states by unlicensed persons, up to a maximum of five plants, ((and))for a flat fee without charges for hourly rate, provided that the plants are brought to a plant services office for inspection.

Annual license fees as established below, must accompany the application for nursery dealer license:

(1) Retail nursery dealer license fee:

(a) Gross business sales of horticultural plants and turf less than ((two thousand five hundred dollars))$2,500

. . . .(($52.50))$67.20

(b) Gross business sales of horticultural plants and turf between ((two thousand five hundred dollars and fifteen thousand dollars))$2,500 and $15,000, the license fee is. . . .(($115.00))$147.20

(c) Gross business sales of horticultural plants and turf of ((fifteen thousand dollars))$15,000 or more. . . .(($228.00))$292.00

(2) Wholesale nursery dealer license fee:

(a) Gross business sales of horticultural plants and turf less than ((fifteen thousand dollars))$15,000. . . .(($115.00))$147.20

(b) Gross business sales of horticultural plants and turf of ((fifteen thousand dollars))$15,000 or more. . . .(($228.00))$292.00

(3) As provided in RCW 15.13.285, a surcharge of ((twenty))20 percent of the base rate, in addition to the fees established on all classes of licenses in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, is established.

(4) Permit fee for those types of sales and organizations exempted from licensing requirements by RCW 15.13.270

. . . .(($10.00))$20.00

(1) Requested services are provided at the applicable hourly rate except as provided in subsection (((5)))(4) of this section. ((The hourly rate for nonbusiness hours applies for service provided before))Services are generally available between 8:00 a.m. ((or after))and 5:00 p.m. during the ((workday and for all services provided on Saturday, Sunday, or))workweek, except for on a holiday listed in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Holidays shall mean New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, Veteran's Day, Christmas Day, President's Day, and Martin Luther King's Birthday.

(3) Charges are assessed in one-half hour increments, with one-half hour as a minimum.

(4) ((Persons requesting service with less than twenty-four hours notice during nonbusiness hours, may be subject to a charge of two additional hours at the nonbusiness hourly rate if the department is required to pay call back pay to the employee(s) providing the requested service.

(5))) The department reserves the right to provide service by written agreement at a single, negotiated cost or at a negotiated rate for projects with one of the following characteristics:

(a) Projects requiring multiple periodic inspections and/or certificates; or

(b) Projects requiring field inspections of crops not regulated under chapter 15.13 or 15.14 RCW.

The rate charged shall not be less than the cost to the department of providing the services.

(1) Hourly rate((.)). . . . $72.50

(2) Laboratory diagnostic services, except as provided in subsection (3) or (4) of this section, are charged at the applicable hourly rate plus materials.

(3) Plant pathology laboratory diagnostic fees:

(a) Nematode assay (plant material). . . .(($38.00))$48.00

(b) Nematode assay (soil). . . .(($60.00))$65.00

(c) Assay for dwarf bunt (TCK), Karnal bunt, flag smut

. . . .(($60.00))$70.00

(4) The department reserves the right to provide service by written agreement at a single, negotiated cost or at a negotiated rate for projects with at least one of the following characteristics:

(a) Projects greater than ((one hundred))100 samples;

(b) Projects requiring materials not readily available; or

(c) Projects requiring special handling, multiple phase test procedures, or prolonged incubation periods.

The rate charged shall not be less than the cost to the department of performing the tests.

(1) Post entry site inspection ((and/or)), permit review and approval(( . . . .$125.00

(2)))and subsequent inspections of post entry plant materials are provided at the applicable hourly rate.

(((3)))(2) Post entry inspection fees may be waived for state universities, United States Department of Agriculture researchers, and other public entities.

(1) Mileage at the established office of financial management rate (((schedule A))), per diem and other authorized travel expenses at actual cost, and travel time at the applicable hourly rate may be assessed for requested inspections or post entry inspections that are not a part of a regular work schedule. Such charges may be prorated among applicants if more than one applicant is provided service during a workday or trip when per diem is applicable.

(2) Postage, special handling services and other miscellaneous costs exceeding five dollars will be charged back to the applicant at the actual cost.

(3) Certificates of inspection, phytosanitary certificates, and other official documents will be provided to the applicant subject to the charges and conditions established below: