WSR 07-24-082

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


[ Filed December 5, 2007, 9:24 a.m. , effective January 5, 2008 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: In WAC 16-303-230 under the category "For all other kinds" the fee amount for a standard sampling was inadvertently lowered from $0.15 per cwt to $0.018 per cwt. when it was intended to be raised to $0.18 per cwt. From March 1, 2007, to October 12, 2007, the Washington state department of agriculture worked with affected industry to modify its seed program fee schedules. The modifications realign certain fees to correspond to the amount of time necessary to render a particular service. To that end, some fees were raised, some were lowered. During the process, minutes were taken regarding the proposed level of fees to be assessed. However, the draft language requested from the office of the code reviser contained a typographical error that went unnoticed. With this filing, the typographical error is corrected.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending chapter 16-303 WAC.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 15.49.310.

     Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-17-073 on August 13, 2007.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: October 12, 2007.

Robert W. Gore

for Valoria Loveland

Director

OTS-1204.1


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 03-18-071, filed 8/29/03, effective 9/29/03)

WAC 16-303-230   Official seed sampling or similar service.   Fees for official sampling are in addition to travel time and mileage.


Crop Fee Minimum charge
Peas, beans, small grains or seeds of similar size Standard sampling $((0.05)) 0.07 Per cwt. $ ((30.00)) 35.00
I.S.T.A. sampling $ 0.09 Per cwt. plus $ 7.50 Per lot $ 35.00 plus $7.50 Per lot
For all other kinds Standard sampling $((0.15)) 0.18 Per cwt. $ ((30.00)) 35.00
I.S.T.A. sampling $ 0.22 Per cwt. plus $ 7.50 Per lot $ 35.00 plus $ 7.50 Per lot

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.49 and 34.05 RCW, 2003 c 308. 03-18-071, § 16-303-230, filed 8/29/03, effective 9/29/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.370(3), 15.49.310, and chapter 34.05 RCW. 03-08-005, § 16-303-230, filed 3/20/03, effective 4/20/03. Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.49 and 34.05 RCW. 02-12-061, § 16-303-230, filed 5/30/02, effective 6/30/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 01-01-015, § 16-303-230, filed 12/6/00, effective 1/6/01.]

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