BILL REQ. #:  Z-0708.1 

Read first time 01/23/14.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to the deadline for annual regulatory fees for charter party and excursion service carriers; and amending RCW 81.70.350.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 81.70.350 and 1994 c 83 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The commission shall collect from each charter party carrier and excursion service carrier holding a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter and from each interstate or foreign carrier subject to this chapter an annual regulatory fee, to be established by the commission but which in total shall not exceed the cost of supervising and regulating such carriers, for each bus used by such carrier.
     (2) ((All)) The fee((s)) prescribed by this section shall be due and payable on or before ((December 31)) May 1st of each year, to cover operations during the ((ensuing)) calendar year ((beginning February 1)) in which the fee is paid.
     (3) Any payment of the fee imposed by this section made after its due date shall include a late fee of two percent of the amount due. Delinquent fees shall accrue interest at the rate of one percent per month.