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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 1845
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Passed
Legislature ‑ 2001 1st Special Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/06/2001. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN
ACT Relating to surface mining reclamation permit fees; amending RCW 78.44.085;
creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
78.44.085 and 1997 c 413 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
An applicant for a public or private reclamation permit shall pay ((an))
a nonrefundable application fee to the department before being granted a
surface mining permit. The amount of the application fee shall be ((six
hundred fifty)) one thousand dollars.
(2)
After June 30, ((1993)) 2001, each public or private permit
holder shall pay an annual permit fee of ((six hundred fifty)) one
thousand dollars. The annual permit fee shall be payable to the department
on the first anniversary of the permit date and each year thereafter. Annual
fees paid by a county for mines used exclusively for public works projects and
having less than seven acres of disturbed area per mine shall not exceed one
thousand dollars. Annual fees are waived for all mines used primarily for
public works projects if the mines are owned and primarily operated by counties
with 1993 populations of less than twenty thousand persons, and if each mine
has less than seven acres of disturbed area.
(3)
Appeals from any determination of the department shall not stay the requirement
to pay any annual permit fee. Failure to pay the annual fee may constitute
grounds for an order to suspend surface mining or cancellation of the
reclamation permit as provided in this chapter.
(4)
All fees collected by the department shall be deposited into the surface mining
reclamation account.
(5)
If the department delegates enforcement responsibilities to a county, city, or
town, the department may allocate funds collected under this section to the
county, city, or town.
(6)
Within sixty days after receipt of a permit application, the department shall
advise applicants of any information necessary to successfully complete the
application.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. By
January 1, 2003, the department of natural resources shall report to the
appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature regarding program
deliverables and uses of the new fee revenue.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3. This
act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or
safety, or support of the state government and its existing public
institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2001.
Passed the House May 8, 2001.
Passed the Senate May 24, 2001.
Approved by the Governor June
11, 2001.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State June 11, 2001.
