(a) | Weighing devices: |
(i) | Small scales "zero to four hundred pounds capacity" . . . . | $ | 16.00 |
(ii) | Intermediate scales "four hundred one pounds to five thousand pounds capacity" . . . . | $ | 60.00 |
(iii) | Large scales "over five thousand pounds capacity" . . . . | $ | 120.00 |
(iv) | Railroad track scales . . . . | $ | 1,200.00 |
(b) | Liquid fuel metering devices: |
(i) | Motor fuel meters with flows of twenty gallons or less per minute . . . . | $ | 16.00 |
(ii) | Motor fuel meters with flows of more than twenty but not more than one hundred fifty gallons per minute . . . . | $ | 50.00 |
(iii) | Motor fuel meters with flows over one hundred fifty gallons per minute . . . . | $ | 75.00 |
(c) | Liquid petroleum gas meters: |
(i) | With one inch diameter or smaller dispensers . . . . | $ | 40.00 |
(ii) | With greater than one inch diameter dispensers . . . . | $ | 80.00 |
(d) | Fabric meters . . . . | $ | 15.00 |
(e) | Cordage meters . . . . | $ | 15.00 |
(f) | Mass flow meters . . . . | $ | 300.00 |
(g) | Taxi meters . . . . | $ | 40.00 |
(h) | Level 2 electric vehicle supply equipment port . . . . | $ | 20.00 |
(i) | Direct current fast charger electric vehicle supply equipment port . . . . | $ | 40.00 |
(2)
Pursuant to RCW 19.94.015, a reasonable registration fee for electric vehicle supply equipment, in addition to the fees established in subsection (1) of this section, may be established through rule making to cover the remaining costs associated with enforcing this chapter on electric vehicle supply equipment. The department may consider differential fees to reduce the potential burden of the registration fee for electric vehicle service providers operating less than 25 publicly available electric vehicle supply equipment in Washington.(3) With the exception of subsection (((3)))(4) of this section, no person shall be required to pay more than the annual registration fee for any weighing or measuring instrument or device in any one year.
(((3)))(4) The department or a city sealer may establish reasonable inspection and testing fees for each type or class of weighing or measuring instrument or device specially requested to be inspected or tested by the device owner. These inspection and testing fees shall be limited to those amounts necessary for the department or city sealer to cover the direct costs associated with such inspection and testing. The fees shall not be set so as to compete with service agents normally engaged in such services.
(((4)))(5) The weights and measures advisory group within the department must review the fees in subsection (1) of this section and report to stakeholders on the financial status of the program supported by the fees by September 1, 2024, and September 1st every five years thereafter.
Sec. 9. RCW
19.94.190 and 2019 c 96 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The director and duly appointed city sealers must enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(2) The department's enforcement proceedings under this chapter are subject to the requirement to provide technical assistance in chapter
43.05 RCW and the administrative procedure act, chapter
34.05 RCW. City sealers undertaking enforcement actions must provide equivalent procedures.
(3) In assessing the amount of a civil penalty, the department or city must give due consideration to the gravity of the violation and history of previous violations.
(4) The director must adopt rules for enforcing and carrying out the purposes of this chapter including but not limited to the following:
(a) Establishing state standards of weight, measure, or count, and reasonable standards of fill for any commodity in package form;
(b) The establishment of technical test procedures to be followed, any necessary report and record forms, and marks of rejection to be used by the director and city sealers in the discharge of their official duties as required by this chapter;
(c) The establishment of technical test procedures, reporting procedures, and any necessary record and reporting forms to be used by service agents when testing and inspecting instruments or devices under RCW
19.94.255(3) or when otherwise installing, repairing, inspecting, or standardizing the graduations of any weighing or measuring instruments or devices;
(d) The establishment of exemptions from the marking or tagging requirements of RCW
19.94.250 with respect to weighing or measuring instruments or devices of such a character or size that the marking or tagging would be inappropriate, impracticable, or damaging to the apparatus in question;
(e) The establishment of exemptions from the inspection and testing requirements of RCW
19.94.163 with respect to classes of weighing or measuring instruments or devices found to be of such a character that periodic inspection and testing is unnecessary to ensure continued accuracy;
(f) The establishment of inspection and approval techniques, if any, to be used with respect to classes of weighing or measuring instruments or devices that are designed specifically to be used commercially only once and then discarded, or are uniformly mass-produced by means of a mold or die and are not individually adjustable;
(g) The establishment of inspection and testing procedures to be used for classes of weighing or measuring instruments or devices found to be few in number, highly complex, and of such character that differential or special inspection and testing is necessary, including railroad track scales. The department's procedures shall include requirements for the provision, maintenance, and transport of any weight or measure necessary for the inspection and testing at no expense to the state;
(h) Specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring instruments or devices that must be consistent with the most recent edition of the national institute of standards and technology handbook 44 except where modified to achieve state objectives; and
(i) Packaging, labeling, and method of sale of commodities that must be consistent with the most recent edition of the national institute of standards and technology handbook 44 and 130 (for legal metrology and engine fuel quality) except where modified to achieve state objectives.
(5) Rules adopted under this section must also include specifications and tolerances for the acceptable range of accuracy required of weighing or measuring instruments or devices and must be designed to eliminate from use, without prejudice to weighing or measuring instruments or devices that conform as closely as practicable to official specifications and tolerances, those that: (a) Are of such construction that they are faulty, that is, that are not reasonably permanent in their adjustment or will not repeat their indications correctly; or (b) facilitate the perpetration of fraud.
(6) Rules adopted by the director related to the sale of electricity sold as a vehicle fuel and electric vehicle fueling systems may take effect no earlier than January 1, 2024, and may be modified to achieve state objectives, reviewed, and, if necessary, amended, to maintain consistency with evolving technology. To ensure existing infrastructure may continue operating without substantial equipment replacement or alteration, electric vehicle supply equipment installed and placed into service before January 1, 2024, is exempt from the rules of this section until January 1, 2034. Electric vehicle supply equipment that is replaced or retrofitted with new hardware after January 1, 2024, must be considered as having been installed and placed into service after January 1, 2024.
(a) Exempt electric vehicle supply equipment installed and placed into service before January 1, 2024, must:
(ii) Be clearly marked, identifying the date of installation.
(b) For the purpose of this subsection (6), "retrofitted" means a substantial modification outside of normal wear and tear maintenance.
Sec. 10. RCW
19.94.517 and 2019 c 96 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Whenever the department or a city sealer tests or inspects a weighing or measuring instrument or device and finds the instrument or device to be incorrect to the economic benefit of the owner/operator of the weighing or measuring instrument or device and to the economic detriment of the customer, the owner of the weighing or measuring instrument or device is subject to the following civil penalties:
Device deviations outside the tolerances stated in Handbook 44. |
| Penalty |
Small weighing or measuring instruments or devices: |
| First violation . . . . | $ | 200.00 |
| Second or subsequent violation within one year of first violation . . . . | $ | 500.00 |
Medium weighing or measuring instruments or devices: |
| First violation . . . . | $ | 400.00 |
| Second or subsequent violation within one year of first violation . . . . | $ | 1,000.00 |
Large weighing or measuring instruments or devices: |
| First violation . . . . | $ | 500.00 |
| Second or subsequent violation within one year of first violation . . . . | $ | 2,000.00 |
Electric vehicle fuel measuring instruments or devices: |
| First violation . . . . | $ | 200.00 |
| Second or subsequent violation within one year of first violation . . . . | $ | 500.00 |
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) The following are small weighing or measuring instruments or devices: Scales of zero to four hundred pounds capacity, liquid fuel metering devices with flows of not more than twenty gallons per minute, liquid petroleum gas meters with one inch in diameter or smaller dispensers, fabric meters, cordage meters, and taxi meters.
(b) The following are medium weighing or measuring instruments or devices: Scales of four hundred one to five thousand pounds capacity, liquid fuel metering devices with flows of more than twenty but not more than one hundred fifty gallons per minute, and mass flow meters.
(c) The following are large weighing or measuring instruments or devices: Liquid petroleum gas meters with greater than one inch diameter dispensers, liquid fuel metering devices with flows over one hundred fifty gallons per minute, and scales of more than five thousand pounds capacity and scales of more than five thousand pounds capacity with supplemental devices.
(3) The weighing or measuring instrument or device owner may appeal the civil penalty.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 11. A new section is added to chapter
19.94 RCW to read as follows:
(1) An electric vehicle service provider that fails to meet the requirements established under sections 4 through 6 of this act, or any rule adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the department under sections 4 through 6 of this act, is subject to a civil penalty of $200 per electric vehicle supply equipment for the first violation and $500 per electric vehicle supply equipment for each subsequent violation within one year of the first violation.
(2) Moneys collected under this section must first be used to cover the department's costs to enforce this section. Any remaining moneys must be deposited into the electric vehicle account created in RCW
82.44.200.
Sec. 12. RCW
46.08.185 and 2013 c 60 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) ((
An))
Publicly available electric vehicle ((
charging station))
supply equipment must be indicated by vertical signage identifying the station as ((
an))
publicly available electric vehicle ((
charging station))
supply equipment and indicating that it is only for electric vehicle charging. The signage must be consistent with the manual on uniform traffic control devices, as adopted by the department of transportation under RCW
47.36.030, and contain the information required in section 4 of this act. ((
Additionally, the electric vehicle charging station must be indicated by green pavement markings.)) Supplementary signage may be posted to provide additional information including, but not limited to, the amount of the monetary penalty under subsection (2) of this section for parking in the station while not connected to the charging equipment.
(2) It is a parking infraction, with a monetary penalty of one hundred twenty-four dollars, for any person to park a vehicle in ((
an electric vehicle charging station provided on public or private property))
a parking space served by publicly available electric vehicle supply equipment if the vehicle is not connected to the charging equipment. The parking infraction must be processed as prescribed under RCW
3.50.100,
35.20.220,
46.16A.120, and
46.20.270((
(3)))
(2).
(3) For purposes of this section, "
publicly available electric vehicle ((
charging station" means a public or private parking space that is served by charging equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle))
supply equipment" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 19.94.010 and described in sections 2 and 3 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 13. A new section is added to chapter
19.94 RCW to read as follows:
If an electric vehicle service provider sells or intends to sell consumer data collected during or associated with a charging session, the electric vehicle service provider shall disclose all types of data collected to the consumer.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 14. Section 13 of this act takes effect only if chapter . . . (Substitute Senate Bill No. 5062), Laws of 2021 is not enacted by June 30, 2021."
EFFECT: Makes the following changes to the Second Substitute Senate Bill:
(1) Removes a reference to standards from the Americans with Disabilities Act from the definition of "clearly marked."
(2) States that certain references to electric vehicle supply equipment pertain to "publicly available" electric vehicle supply equipment.
(3) Amends one of the criteria for electric vehicle supply equipment that is subject to the act, from parking spaces located in a parking garage or gated facility to parking spaces, "including" equipment located in a parking garage or gated facility.
(4) Removes "available for use at no cost" as a criteria for certain exemptions from the act.
(5) Delays the deadline for Department of Agriculture rule making on payment methods and interoperability from July 1, 2022, to January 1, 2023.
(6) Requires that certain electric vehicle supply equipment that is exempt from rules related to the sale of electricity sold as a vehicle fuel be subject to annual registration fees.
(7) Makes other clarifying and technical changes.
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