5272 AMH NREP H2767.1

SB 5272  - H COMM AMD
     By Committee on Natural Resources, Ecology & Parks

     Beginning on page 30, line 15, after "(7)" strike all material through "(8)" on page 32, line 6, and insert "(((a) For leases for marina uses only, as of July 1, 2004, lease rates will be a percentage of the annual gross revenues generated by that marina. It is the intent of the legislature that additional legislation be enacted prior to July 1, 2004, to establish the percentage of gross revenues that will serve as the basis for a marina's rent and a definition of gross revenues. Annual rent must be recalculated each year based upon the marina's gross revenues from the previous year, as reported to the department consistent with this subsection (7).
     (b) By December 31, 2003, the department will develop a recommended formula for calculating marina rents consistent with this subsection (7) and report the recommendation to the legislature. The formula recommended by the department must include a percentage or a range of percentages of gross revenues, a system for implementing such percentages, and the designation of revenue sources to be considered for rent calculation purposes. The department must also ensure, given the available information, that the rent formula recommended by the department is initially calculated to maintain state proceeds from marina rents as of July 1, 2003, and that if the department does not receive income reporting forms representing at least ninety percent of the projected annual marina revenue and at least seventy-five percent of all marinas, the current model for calculating marina rents, as described in subsections (1) through (6) of this section, will continue to be the method used to calculate marina rents, and the income method, as described in (a) of this subsection, will not be applied. In addition to the percent of marina income, the department shall determine its direct administrative costs (cost of hours worked directly on applications and leases, based on salaries and benefits, plus travel reimbursement and other actual out-of-pocket costs) to calculate, audit, execute, and monitor marina leases, and shall recover these costs from lessees. All administrative costs recovered by the department must be deposited into the resource management cost account created in RCW 79.64.020. Prior to making recommendations to the legislature, a work session consisting of the department, marina owners, and stakeholders must be convened to discuss the rate-setting criteria. The legislature directs the department to deliver recommendations to the legislature by December 2003, including any minority reports by the participating parties.
     (c) When developing its recommendation for a marina lease formula consistent with this subsection (7), the department shall ensure that the percentage of revenue established is applied to the income of the direct lessee, as well as to the income of any person or entity that subleases, or contracts to operate the marina, with the direct lessee, less the amount paid by the sublease to the direct lessee.
     (d) All marina operators under lease with the department must return to the department an income reporting form, provided by the department, and certified by a licensed certified public accountant, before July 1, 2003, and again annually on a date set by the department. On the income reporting form, the department may require a marina to disclose to the department any information about income from all marina-related sources, excluding restaurants and bars. All income reports submitted to the department are subject to either audit or verification, or both, by the department, and the department may inspect all of the lessee's books, records, and documents, including state and federal income tax returns relating to the operation of the marina and leased aquatic lands at all reasonable times. If the lessee fails to submit the required income reporting form once the new method for calculating marina rents is effective, the department may conduct an audit at the lessee's expense or cancel the lease.
     (e) Initially, the marina rent formula developed by the department pursuant to (b) of this subsection will be applied to each marina on its anniversary date, beginning on July 1, 2004, and will be based on that marina's 2003 income information. Thereafter, rents will be recalculated each year, based on the marina's gross revenue from the previous year.
     (f) No marina lease may be for less than five hundred dollars plus direct administrative costs.
     (8)
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EFFECT:  Eliminates language that references passed dates and completed studies relating to marina lease rate calculations.

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