BILL REQ. #:  H-5363.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/05/08.   

     AN ACT Relating to specialty agricultural structures; amending RCW 19.27.100; and adding a new section to chapter 19.27 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 19.27 RCW to read as follows:
     The charge under this chapter for permits for specialty agricultural buildings constructed on a commercial agricultural operation may not exceed the costs incurred by the city, town, or county for processing the permit and performing associated inspections. Specialty agricultural structures are those that are designed and constructed to house farm equipment, hay, grain, poultry, livestock, or other horticultural products. Human habitation, public use, and employment where agricultural products are processed, treated, or packaged are not permitted uses of a specialty agricultural building.
     For the purposes of this section, "commercial agricultural operation" means an operation that generates an average of at least ten thousand dollars gross income per year from the sale of agricultural products.

Sec. 2   RCW 19.27.100 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 8 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     Except as provided in section 1 of this act, nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a city, town, or county of the state from imposing fees different from those set forth in the state building code.