AN
ACT Relating to registering pesticides; amending RCW 15.58.050, 15.58.070,
15.58.070, and 15.58.080; providing effective dates; and providing an
expiration date.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
15.58.050 and 1989 c 380 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
Every
pesticide which is distributed within this state or delivered for
transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within
this state through any point outside this state shall be registered with the
director subject to the provisions of this chapter. ((Such registration
shall be renewed annually prior to January 1: PROVIDED, That)) However,
registration is not required if: A pesticide is shipped from one plant
or warehouse to another plant or warehouse operated by the same person and used
solely at such plant or warehouse as a constituent part to make a pesticide
which is registered under the provisions of this chapter; or ((if)) a
written permit has been obtained from the director to distribute or use the
specific pesticide for experimental purposes subject to restrictions and
conditions set forth in the permit.
Sec.
2. RCW
15.58.070 and 1997 c 242 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
((Any person desiring to register a pesticide with the department shall pay
to the director an annual registration fee for each pesticide registered by the
department for such person. The registration fee shall be one hundred forty-five
dollars for each pesticide registered.
(2)
The revenue generated by the registration)) Except
under subsection (2) of this section:
(a)
All registrations issued by the department to registrants whose names begin
with the letters A through N expire December 31, 2004; and
(b)
All registrations issued by the department to registrants whose names begin
with the letters O through Z expire December 31, 2003.
(2)
All registrations issued by the department to a registrant who is applying to
register an additional pesticide during the second year of the registrant's
registration period shall expire December 31st of that year.
(3)
An application for registration shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred
ninety dollars for each pesticide, except that:
(a)
An application for registration submitted by a registrant whose name begins
with the letters O through Z shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred
forty-five dollars for each pesticide; and
(b)
A registrant who is applying to register an additional pesticide during the
year the registrant's registration expires shall pay a fee of one hundred
forty-five dollars for each additional pesticide.
(4)
Fees shall be deposited in the agricultural local fund to support the
activities of the pesticide program within the department.
(((3)
All pesticide registrations expire on December 31st of each year. A registrant
may elect to register a pesticide for a two-year period by prepaying for a
second year at the time of registration.
(4))) (5)
Any registration approved by the director and in effect on the ((31st day of
December)) last day of the registration period, for which a renewal
application has been made and the proper fee paid, continues in full force and
effect until the director notifies the applicant that the registration has been
renewed, or otherwise denied in accord with the provision of RCW 15.58.110.
Sec.
3. RCW
15.58.070 and 1997 c 242 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
((Any person desiring to register a pesticide with the department shall pay
to the director an annual registration fee for each pesticide registered by the
department for such person. The registration fee shall be one hundred
forty-five dollars for each pesticide registered.
(2)
The revenue generated by the registration)) All
registrations issued by the department expire December 31st of the following
year except that registrations issued by the department to a registrant who is
applying to register an additional pesticide during the second year of the
registrant's registration period shall expire December 31st of that year.
(2)
An application for registration shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred
ninety dollars for each pesticide, except that a registrant who is applying to
register an additional pesticide during the year the registrant's registration
expires shall pay a fee of one hundred forty-five dollars for each additional
pesticide.
(3)
Fees shall be deposited in the agricultural local fund to support the
activities of the pesticide program within the department.
(((3)
All pesticide registrations expire on December 31st of each year. A registrant
may elect to register a pesticide for a two-year period by prepaying for a
second year at the time of registration.))
(4)
Any registration approved by the director and in effect on the ((31st day of
December)) last day of the registration period, for which a renewal
application has been made and the proper fee paid, continues in full force and
effect until the director notifies the applicant that the registration has been
renewed, or otherwise denied in accord with the provision of RCW 15.58.110.
Sec.
4. RCW
15.58.080 and 1994 c 46 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
If
the renewal of a pesticide registration or special needs registration is not
filed ((before January 1st of each year)) by the day the registration
expires, an additional fee of ((twenty-five)) fifty dollars
shall be assessed and added to the original fee. The additional fee shall be
paid by the applicant before the registration renewal for that pesticide shall
be issued unless the applicant furnishes an affidavit certifying that the
applicant did not distribute the unregistered pesticide during the period of
nonregistration. The payment of the additional fee is not a bar to any
prosecution for doing business without proper registry.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 5. (1)
Sections 1, 2, and 4 of this act take effect January 1, 2003.
(2)
Section 2 of this act expires January 1, 2004.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 6.
Section 3 of this act takes effect January 1, 2004.
