WSR 98-18-060

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

(Apple Advertising Commission)

[Filed August 31, 1998, 2:13 p.m., effective October 1, 1998]

Date of Adoption: August 31, 1998.

Purpose: Increase the assessment on fresh apples grown in the state from 54.3 cents per one hundred pounds (25 cents per standard 46 pound box) to 86.96 per one hundred pounds (40 cents per standard 46 pound box) for a period of three years. At the end of three years, the rate will be submitted to a vote of the growers to determine if the rate will remain in effect after that date, or return to 54.3 cents per one hundred pounds.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 24-12-010.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 15.24 RCW and chapter 303, Laws of 1997.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-13-121 on June 17, 1998.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: October 1, 1998.

August 31, 1998

Steve Lutz

President

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 19, filed 10/17/86)

WAC 24-12-010  Amount of assessments. (1) There is hereby levied upon all fresh apples grown annually in this state, and upon all apples packed as Washington apples, an assessment of ((32.6)) 89.96 cents on each one hundred pounds gross billing weight until September ((1, 1986)) 30, 2001. On and after ((September 1, 1986)) October 1, 2001 the assessment on fresh apples ((is hereby increased)) shall be 54.3 cents on each one hundred pounds gross billing weight ((in the following amounts:

(a) By 10.9 cents from 32.6 cents to 43.5 cents effective September 1, 1986;

(b) By 6.5 cents from 43.5 cents to 50.0 cents effective September 1, 1988;

(c) By 4.3 cents from 50.0 cents to 54.3 cents effective September 1, 1990)).

For the period October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2001, 35.66 cents of the assessment on each one hundred pounds gross billing weight shall used only for direct consumer advertising.

(2) Assessments shall be payable as provided in WAC 24-12-012, whether in bulk or loose in boxes or any other container, or packed in any style package. The gross billing weights for the following containers shall apply for the purpose of computing said assessments:

[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.24.070(1). 86-21-088 (Order 19), § 24-12-010, filed 10/17/86; 84-20-002 (Order 16), § 24-12-010, filed 9/20/84; 82-20-073 (Order 13), § 24-12-010, filed 10/6/82. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.24.070(1) and 15.24.090. 81-16-011 (Order 9), § 24-12-010, filed 7/27/81. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.24.070(1). 79-04-045 (Order 8), § 24-12-011 (codified as WAC 24-12-010), filed 3/27/79, effective with the 1979 and subsequent crops of apples; 78-07-030 (Order 7), § 24-12-010, filed 6/16/78, effective 9/1/78; Order 6, § 24-12-010, filed 11/14/77; Order 1, § 24-12-010, filed 9/19/69; Regulation No. 2, filed 1/26/67; Regulation No. 2, effective 9/29/61.]