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HOUSE BILL NO. 2527
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State of Washington 51st Legislature 1990 Regular Session
By Representatives Jacobsen, Miller and Nelson; by request of Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
Read first time 1/15/90 and referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.
AN ACT Relating to regulatory fees; and amending RCW 80.24.010 and 81.24.010.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 80.24.010, chapter 14, Laws of 1961 as amended by section 14, chapter 450, Laws of 1985 and RCW 80.24.010 are each amended to read as follows:
Every
public service company subject to regulation by the commission shall, on or
before the ((first day of April of each year)) date specified by the
commission for filing annual reports under RCW 80.04.080, file with the
commission a statement on oath showing its gross operating revenue from
intrastate operations for the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and
pay to the commission a fee equal to one-tenth of one percent of the first
fifty thousand dollars of gross operating revenue, plus two-tenths of one
percent of any gross operating revenue in excess of fifty thousand dollars:
PROVIDED, That the fee shall in no case be less than one dollar.
The percentage rates of gross operating revenue to be paid in any year may be decreased by the commission for any class of companies subject to the payment of such fees, by general order entered before March 1st of such year, and for such purpose such companies shall be classified as follows:
Electrical, gas, water, telecommunications, and irrigation companies shall constitute class one. Every other company subject to regulation by the commission, for which regulatory fees are not otherwise fixed by law shall pay fees as herein provided and shall constitute additional classes according to kinds of businesses engaged in.
Sec. 2. Section 81.24.010, chapter 14, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 1, chapter 48, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. and RCW 81.24.010 are each amended to read as follows:
Every
company subject to regulation by the commission, except auto transportation
companies, steamboat companies, wharfingers or warehousemen, motor freight
carriers, and storage warehousemen shall, on or before the ((first day of
April of each year)) date specified by the commission for filing annual
reports under RCW 81.04.080, file with the commission a statement on oath
showing its gross operating revenue from intrastate operations for the
preceding calendar year, or portion thereof, and pay to the commission a fee
equal to one-tenth of one percent of the first fifty thousand dollars of gross
operating revenue, plus two-tenths of one percent of any gross operating
revenue in excess of fifty thousand dollars, except railroad companies which
shall each pay to the commission a fee equal to one and one-half percent of its
intrastate gross operating revenue: PROVIDED, That the fee shall in no case be
less than one dollar.
The percentage rates of gross operating revenue to be paid in any one year may be decreased by the commission for any class of companies subject to the payment of such fees, by general order entered before March 1st of such year, and for such purpose such companies shall be classified as follows: Railroad, express, sleeping car, and toll bridge companies shall constitute class two. Every other company subject to regulation by the commission, for which regulatory fees are not otherwise fixed by law shall pay fees as herein provided and shall constitute additional classes according to kinds of businesses engaged in.