CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2653

Chapter 111, Laws of 2012

62nd Legislature
2012 Regular Session



WASTEWATER COMPANIES--REGULATORY FEES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/12

Passed by the House February 9, 2012
  Yeas 95   Nays 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate February 24, 2012
  Yeas 49   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate		 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2653 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 29, 2012, 2:06 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
March 29, 2012







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2653
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Passed Legislature - 2012 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2012 Regular Session

By Representatives Hansen and Upthegrove; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission

Read first time 01/20/12.   Referred to Committee on Environment.



     AN ACT Relating to correcting technical statutory cross-references in previous private infrastructure development legislation for certain provisions relating to regulatory fees for wastewater companies; amending RCW 80.04.580; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 80.04.580 and 2011 c 214 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Every wastewater company subject to regulation by the commission must, on or before the date specified by the commission for filing annual reports under RCW 80.04.080, pay to the commission a regulatory fee.
     (2) The commission must assess such regulatory fees in amounts sufficient for the commission to recover the commission's actual and reasonable costs of supervising and regulating wastewater companies.
     (3) Any payment of a fee assessed under this section made after the due date must include a late fee of two percent of the amount due.
     (4) Delinquent fees accrue interest at the rate of one percent per month.
     (5) The provisions of RCW ((80.04.030, 80.04.040, and 80.04.050)) 80.24.030, 80.24.040, and 80.24.050 apply to regulatory fees for wastewater companies.
     (6) The commission is authorized and empowered to adopt and issue rules and regulations to implement this section, including establishing the methodologies and procedures for developing, assessing, and collecting fees under this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect July 1, 2012.


         Passed by the House February 9, 2012.
         Passed by the Senate February 24, 2012.
         Approved by the Governor March 29, 2012.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2012.