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                          HOUSE BILL 1507

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives D. Schmidt, Sherstad, Mielke, L. Thomas, McMorris, Smith, Sump, D. Sommers, Crouse, Delvin, Honeyford, Cairnes, Pennington, Gardner, Dunn, Sullivan, Robertson, Koster, Thompson, McDonald, Bush, Kastama, Sheahan, Mulliken, Schoesler and Zellinsky

Read first time 01/29/97.  Referred to Committee on Government Administration.

Requiring accountability for fees by governmental agencies.

    AN ACT Relating to procedures for fees for governmental services; adding a new section to chapter 34.05 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 19.85 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 34.05 RCW to read as follows:

    A state or local governmental agency shall directly relate a fee imposed by the agency to the service given for the fee.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 19.85 RCW to read as follows:

    A state or local governmental agency shall prepare an economic impact statement on a fee proposal.  As part of the economic impact statement, the governmental agency shall complete a standardized checklist, which the business assistance center shall prepare using the guidelines for the contents of a small business economic impact statement in RCW 19.85.040.

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