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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6576

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senator Metcalf

Read first time 1/17/90 and referred to Committee on  Environment & Natural Resources.

AN ACT Relating to the harvesting of wild mushrooms; and amending RCW 15.90.010, 15.90.020, 15.90.030, and 15.90.040.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 230, Laws of 1988 and RCW 15.90.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

          (1) "Department" means the department of agriculture.

          (2) "Wild mushroom" means a mushroom that is not cultivated or propagated by artificial means.

          (3) "Mushroom buyer" means ((any)) a person who ((obtains)) buys wild mushrooms ((from another person for eventual conveyance to a mushroom processor)) from a mushroom harvester for eventual resale.

          (4) "Mushroom harvester" means a person who picks wild mushrooms for sale ((to a mushroom buyer or processor,)) or who picks wild mushrooms as an employee of a mushroom buyer or ((processor)) dealer.

          (5) "Mushroom ((processor)) dealer" means a person, other than a ((restaurant or)) mushroom buyer, who purchases and ((processes)) handles wild mushrooms in any manner whatsoever for eventual resale, either wholesale or retail.

        Sec. 2.  Section 2, chapter 230, Laws of 1988 and RCW 15.90.020 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) A person may not act as a mushroom buyer or mushroom ((processor)) dealer without an annual license.  Any person applying for such a license shall file an application on a form prescribed by the department, and accompanied by the following license fee:

          (a) Mushroom buyer, seventy-five dollars;

          (b) Mushroom ((processor)) dealer, three hundred seventy-five dollars.

          (2) The mushroom buyer or mushroom ((processor)) dealer shall display the license in a manner visible to the public.

        Sec. 3.  Section 3, chapter 230, Laws of 1988 and RCW 15.90.030 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) A mushroom buyer who obtains wild mushrooms shall complete a form prescribed by the department that includes the following:

          (a) The site at which the mushrooms were purchased by the buyer;

          (b) The amount, by weight, of each species of mushrooms obtained;

          (c) The approximate location of the harvest site;

          (d) The date that the mushrooms were harvested;

          (e) The price paid to the harvester;

          (f) The name, address, and license number of the mushroom ((processor)) dealer to whom the mushrooms are sold;

          (g) Any additional information that the department, by rule, may require.

          (2) Forms completed under this section shall be mailed or delivered to the department within fifteen days after the end of the month in which the mushrooms were delivered to the ((processor)) dealer.

          (3) Mushroom ((processors)) dealers shall comply with the requirements of this section when obtaining wild mushrooms from any source other than a licensed mushroom buyer.

        Sec. 4.  Section 4, chapter 230, Laws of 1988 and RCW 15.90.040 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Mushroom ((processors)) dealers shall annually, by December 31, complete and mail or deliver to the department a form prescribed by the department that includes for each variety of mushrooms:

          (a) The quantity by weight sold within Washington, within the United States outside Washington, and to individual foreign countries;

          (b) Any additional information that the department, by rule, may require.

          (2) The department shall publish harvest totals in conjunction with United States department of agriculture crop reporting statistics as well as a compilation of the information received under subsection (1)(a) of this section.