WSR 18-12-008

PERMANENT RULES

[Filed May 24, 2018, 7:14 a.m., effective January 1, 2019]

Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2019.

Purpose: Following a public hearing, a referendum of affected producers, and a request for termination by producers representing more than twenty percent of the assessed production, the purpose of this rule making is to repeal chapter 16-555 WAC, Washington strawberry commission, which will repeal the strawberry marketing order and terminate the Washington strawberry commission.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 16-555-010, 16-555-020, 16-555-030, 16-555-040, 16-555-041, 16-555-050, 16-555-060, 16-555-070, and 16-555-080.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 15.65.183 and 15.65.190.

Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-12-087 on June 6, 2017; WSR 18-01-061 on December 13, 2017; and WSR 18-05-054 on February 15, 2018.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 24, 2018.

Derek I. Sandison

Director

The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed: