Source: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=76.04&full=true
Timestamp: 2019-06-24 12:13:25
Document Index: 646099000

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 912', '§ 922', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 3', '§ 35']

(b) Forest landowners and the public have a shared interest in protecting forests and forest resources by preventing and suppressing forest wildfires;
(5) The amounts assessed shall be collected at the time, in the same manner, by the same procedure, and with the same penalties attached that general state and county taxes on the same property are collected, except that errors in assessments may be corrected at any time by the department certifying them to the treasurer of the county in which the land involved is situated. Assessments shall be known and designated as assessments of the year in which the amounts became reimbursable. Upon the collection of assessments the county treasurer shall place fifty cents of the total assessments paid on a parcel for fire protection into the county current expense fund to defray the costs of listing, billing, and collecting these assessments. The treasurer shall then transmit the balance to the department. Collections shall be applied against expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section, including necessary and reasonable administrative costs incurred by the department in the enforcement of these provisions. The department may also expend sums collected from owners of forestlands or received from any other source for necessary administrative costs in connection with the enforcement of RCW 76.04.660. During the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the legislature may appropriate moneys from the account for department of natural resources wildfire response and forest health activities.
[ 2018 c 299 § 912; 2012 2nd sp.s. c 7 § 922; 2007 c 110 § 1; 2004 c 216 § 1; 2001 c 279 § 2; 1993 c 36 § 1; 1989 c 362 § 1; 1988 c 273 § 3; 1986 c 100 § 35.]