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SENATE BILL 5121

 

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Senators Regala, Morton, Oke, Eide, Fraser and Jacobsen

 

Read first time 01/11/2001.  Referred to Committee on Environment, Energy & Water.

_1      AN ACT Relating to correcting references to the former office

_2  of marine safety; and amending RCW 42.17.2401, 43.21B.300,

_3  43.21B.310, 88.16.010, and 88.16.110.

     

_4  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     

_5      Sec. 1.  RCW 42.17.2401 and 1996 c 186 s 504 are each amended to

_6  read as follows:

_7      For the purposes of RCW 42.17.240, the term "executive state

_8  officer" includes:

_9      (1) The chief administrative law judge, the director of

10  agriculture, ((the administrator of the office of marine safety,))

11  the administrator of the Washington basic health plan, the

12  director of the department of services for the blind, the director

13  of the state system of community and technical colleges, the

14  director of community, trade, and economic development, the

15  secretary of corrections, the director of ecology, the

16  commissioner of employment security, the chairman of the energy

17  facility site evaluation council, the secretary of the state

18  finance committee, the director of financial management, the

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_1  director of fish and wildlife, the executive secretary of the

_2  forest practices appeals board, the director of the gambling

_3  commission, the director of general administration, the secretary

_4  of health, the administrator of the Washington state health care

_5  authority, the executive secretary of the health care facilities

_6  authority, the executive secretary of the higher education

_7  facilities authority, the executive secretary of the horse racing

_8  commission, the executive secretary of the human rights

_9  commission, the executive secretary of the indeterminate sentence

10  review board, the director of the department of information

11  services, the director of the interagency committee for outdoor

12  recreation, the executive director of the state investment board,

13  the director of labor and industries, the director of licensing,

14  the director of the lottery commission, the director of the office

15  of minority and women's business enterprises, the director of

16  parks and recreation, the director of personnel, the executive

17  director of the public disclosure commission, the director of

18  retirement systems, the director of revenue, the secretary of

19  social and health services, the chief of the Washington state

20  patrol, the executive secretary of the board of tax appeals, the

21  secretary of transportation, the secretary of the utilities and

22  transportation commission, the director of veterans affairs, the

23  president of each of the regional and state universities and the

24  president of The Evergreen State College, each district and each

25  campus president of each state community college;

26      (2) Each professional staff member of the office of the

27  governor;

28      (3) Each professional staff member of the legislature; and

29      (4) Central Washington University board of trustees, board of

30  trustees of each community college, each member of the state board

31  for community and technical colleges, state convention and trade

32  center board of directors, committee for deferred compensation,

33  Eastern Washington University board of trustees, Washington

34  economic development finance authority, The Evergreen State

35  College board of trustees, executive ethics board, forest

36  practices appeals board, forest practices board, gambling

37  commission, Washington health care facilities authority, each

38  member of the Washington health services commission, higher

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_1  education coordinating board, higher education facilities

_2  authority, horse racing commission, state housing finance

_3  commission, human rights commission, indeterminate sentence review

_4  board, board of industrial insurance appeals, information services

_5  board, interagency committee for outdoor recreation, state

_6  investment board, commission on judicial conduct, legislative

_7  ethics board, liquor control board, lottery commission, marine

_8  oversight board, Pacific Northwest electric power and conservation

_9  planning council, parks and recreation commission, personnel

10  appeals board, board of pilotage commissioners, pollution control

11  hearings board, public disclosure commission, public pension

12  commission, shorelines hearing board, public employees' benefits

13  board, board of tax appeals, transportation commission, University

14  of Washington board of regents, utilities and transportation

15  commission, Washington state maritime commission, Washington

16  personnel resources board, Washington public power supply system

17  executive board, Washington State University board of regents,

18  Western Washington University board of trustees, and fish and

19  wildlife commission.

     

20      Sec. 2.  RCW 43.21B.300 and 1993 c 387 s 23 are each amended to

21  read as follows:

22      (1) Any civil penalty provided in RCW 18.104.155, 70.94.431,

23  70.105.080, 70.107.050, 88.46.090, 90.03.600, 90.48.144,

24  90.56.310, and 90.56.330 shall be imposed by a notice in writing,

25  either by certified mail with return receipt requested or by

26  personal service, to the person incurring the penalty from the

27  department((, the administrator of the office of marine safety,))

28  or the local air authority, describing the violation with

29  reasonable particularity.  Within fifteen days after the notice is

30  received, the person incurring the penalty may apply in writing to

31  the department((, the administrator,)) or the authority for the

32  remission or mitigation of the penalty.  Upon receipt of the

33  application, the department((, the administrator,)) or authority

34  may remit or mitigate the penalty upon whatever terms the

35  department((, the administrator,)) or the authority in its

36  discretion deems proper. The department or the authority may

37  ascertain the facts regarding all such applications in such

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_1  reasonable manner and under such rules as it may deem proper and

_2  shall remit or mitigate the penalty only upon a demonstration of

_3  extraordinary circumstances such as the presence of information or

_4  factors not considered in setting the original penalty.

_5      (2) Any penalty imposed under this section may be appealed to

_6  the pollution control hearings board in accordance with this

_7  chapter if the appeal is filed with the hearings board and served

_8  on the department((, the administrator,)) or authority thirty days

_9  after receipt by the person penalized of the notice imposing the

10  penalty or thirty days after receipt of the notice of disposition

11  of the application for relief from penalty.

12      (3) A penalty shall become due and payable on the later of:

13      (a) Thirty days after receipt of the notice imposing the

14  penalty;

15      (b) Thirty days after receipt of the notice of disposition on

16  application for relief from penalty, if such an application is

17  made; or

18      (c) Thirty days after receipt of the notice of decision of the

19  hearings board if the penalty is appealed.

20      (4) If the amount of any penalty is not paid to the department

21  ((or the administrator)) within thirty days after it becomes due

22  and payable, the attorney general, upon request of the department

23  ((or the administrator)), shall bring an action in the name of the

24  state of Washington in the superior court of Thurston county, or

25  of any county in which the violator does business, to recover the

26  penalty.  If the amount of the penalty is not paid to the authority

27  within thirty days after it becomes due and payable, the authority

28  may bring an action to recover the penalty in the superior court

29  of the county of the authority's main office or of any county in

30  which the violator does business.  In these actions, the procedures

31  and rules of evidence shall be the same as in an ordinary civil

32  action.

33      (5) All penalties recovered shall be paid into the state

34  treasury and credited to the general fund except those penalties

35  imposed pursuant to RCW 18.104.155, which shall be credited to the

36  reclamation account as provided in RCW 18.104.155(7), RCW

37  70.94.431, the disposition of which shall be governed by that

38  provision, RCW 70.105.080, which shall be credited to the

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_1  hazardous waste control and elimination account, created by RCW

_2  70.105.180, and RCW 90.56.330, which shall be credited to the

_3  coastal protection fund created by RCW 90.48.390.

     

_4      Sec. 3.  RCW 43.21B.310 and 1992 c 73 s 3 are each amended to read

_5  as follows:

_6      (1) Any order issued by the department((, the administrator of

_7  the office of marine safety,)) or local air authority pursuant to

_8  RCW 70.94.211, 70.94.332, 70.105.095, 43.27A.190, 86.16.020,

_9  88.46.070, or 90.48.120(2) or any provision enacted after July 26,

10  1987, or any permit, certificate, or license issued by the

11  department may be appealed to the pollution control hearings board

12  if the appeal is filed with the board and served on the department

13  or authority within thirty days after receipt of the order. Except

14  as provided under chapter 70.105D RCW, this is the exclusive means

15  of appeal of such an order.

16      (2) The department((, the administrator,)) or the authority in

17  its discretion may stay the effectiveness of an order during the

18  pendency of such an appeal.

19      (3) At any time during the pendency of an appeal of such an

20  order to the board, the appellant may apply pursuant to RCW

21  43.21B.320 to the hearings board for a stay of the order or for

22  the removal thereof.

23      (4) Any appeal must contain the following in accordance with

24  the rules of the hearings board:

25      (a) The appellant's name and address;

26      (b) The date and docket number of the order, permit, or license

27  appealed;

28      (c) A description of the substance of the order, permit, or

29  license that is the subject of the appeal;

30      (d) A clear, separate, and concise statement of every error

31  alleged to have been committed;

32      (e) A clear and concise statement of facts upon which the

33  requester relies to sustain his or her statements of error; and

34      (f) A statement setting forth the relief sought.

35      (5) Upon failure to comply with any final order of the

36  department ((or the administrator)), the attorney general, on

37  request of the department ((or the administrator)), may bring an

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_1  action in the superior court of the county where the violation

_2  occurred or the potential violation is about to occur to obtain

_3  such relief as necessary, including injunctive relief, to insure

_4  compliance with the order.  The air authorities may bring similar

_5  actions to enforce their orders.

_6      (6) An appealable decision or order shall be identified as such

_7  and shall contain a conspicuous notice to the recipient that it

_8  may be appealed only by filing an appeal with the hearings board

_9  and serving it on the department within thirty days of receipt.

     

10      Sec. 4.  RCW 88.16.010 and 1991 c 200 s 1001 are each amended to

11  read as follows:

12      (1) The board of pilotage commissioners of the state of

13  Washington is hereby created and shall consist of the assistant

14  secretary of marine transportation of the department of

15  transportation of the state of Washington, or the assistant

16  secretary's designee who shall be an employee of the marine

17  division, who shall be chairperson, the ((administrator of the

18  office of marine safety, or the administrator's)) director of the

19  department of ecology, or the director's designee, and seven

20  members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate.  Each

21  of the appointed commissioners shall be appointed for a term of

22  four years from the date of the member's commission.  No person

23  shall be eligible for appointment to the board unless that person

24  is at the time of appointment eighteen years of age or over and a

25  citizen of the United States and of the state of Washington.  Two of

26  the appointed commissioners shall be pilots licensed under this

27  chapter and actively engaged in piloting upon the waters covered

28  by this chapter for at least three years immediately preceding the

29  time of appointment and while serving on the board.  One pilot shall

30  be from the Puget Sound pilotage district and one shall be from

31  the Grays Harbor pilotage district.  Two of the appointed

32  commissioners shall be actively engaged in the ownership,

33  operation, or management of deep sea cargo and/or passenger

34  carrying vessels for at least three years immediately preceding

35  the time of appointment and while serving on the board. One of

36  said shipping commissioners shall be a representative of American

37  and one of foreign shipping.  One of the commissioners shall be a

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_1  representative from a recognized environmental organization

_2  concerned with marine waters.  The remaining commissioners shall be

_3  persons interested in and concerned with pilotage, maritime

_4  safety, and marine affairs, with broad experience related to the

_5  maritime industry exclusive of experience as either a state

_6  licensed pilot or as a shipping representative.

_7      (2) Any vacancy in an appointed position on the board shall be

_8  filled by the governor for the remainder of the unfilled term,

_9  subject to confirmation by the senate.

10      (3) Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum.  At

11  least one pilot, one shipping representative, and one public

12  member must be present at every meeting.  All commissioners and the

13  chairperson shall have a vote.

     

14      Sec. 5.  RCW 88.16.110 and 1991 c 200 s 1004 are each amended to

15  read as follows:

16      (1) Every pilot licensed under this chapter shall file with the

17  board not later than the tenth day of January, April, July and

18  October of each year a report for the preceding quarter.  Said

19  report shall contain an account of all moneys received for

20  pilotage by him or her or by any other person for the pilot or on

21  the pilot's account or for his or her benefit.  Said report shall

22  state the name of each vessel piloted, the amount charged to

23  and/or collected from each vessel, the port of registry of such

24  vessel, its dead weight tonnage, whether it was inward or outward

25  bound, whether the amount so received, collected or charged is in

26  full payment of pilotage and such other information as the board

27  shall by regulation prescribe.

28      (2) The report shall include information for each vessel that

29  suffers a grounding, collision, or other major marine casualty

30  that occurred while the pilot was on duty during the reporting

31  period.  The report shall also include information on near miss

32  incidents as defined in RCW 88.46.100.  Information concerning near

33  miss incidents provided pursuant to this section shall not be used

34  for imposing any sanctions or penalties.  The board shall forward

35  information provided under this subsection to the ((office of

36  marine safety)) department of ecology for inclusion in the

37  collision reporting system established under RCW 88.46.100.

 

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