WSR 15-03-048 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING [Filed January 14, 2015, 11:23 a.m., effective February 14, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Commercial driver's license third-party tester fee: Amends the method of payment of testing fees to third party testers. The current rule provides that the fee will be paid to the department, and the department will reimburse the third-party tester. The amendment allows the department to specify the method of payment in the agreements to provide tester services entered into with the third party testers.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-100-180.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.01.110, 46.25.060, and 46.25.140.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-24-120 on December 3, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: January 14, 2015.
Damon Monroe
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 07-24-025, filed 11/28/07, effective 12/29/07)
WAC 308-100-180 Third party testing fee.
(1)(a) Except as provided in WAC 308-100-190 or subsection (1)(b) of this section, the base fee for each classified skill examination or combination of skill examinations conducted by a third party tester shall not be more than one hundred dollars.
(b) If the applicant's primary use of a commercial driver's license is for any of the following, then the examination fee for each commercial driver's license skill examination conducted by a third party tester shall not be more than seventy-five dollars:
(i) Public benefit not-for-profit corporations that are federally supported head start programs; or
(ii) Public benefit not-for-profit corporations that support early childhood education and assistance programs as described in RCW 43.215.405(4).
(2) An applicant who has failed the skill examination must retest and pay the full fee required under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The base fee shall apply only to the conducting of the examination, and is separate from any additional fees, such as vehicle use fees, which may be charged by the third party tester. Any additional fees to be charged shall be reported to the department.
(4) Fees owed to a third party tester under this section must be paid by the applicant ((to the department. The department will reimburse the third party tester for the fees)) as provided in the third party tester agreement entered into under WAC 308-100-140.
(5) The fees in this section are in addition to the regular drivers' licensing fees.
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