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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16']

WSR 03-10-083
[ Filed May 6, 2003, 3:38 p.m. , effective June 30, 2003 ]
Purpose: Chapter 16-401 WAC, Nursery inspection fees, this rule-making order adopts the fee schedule for nursery inspection charged by the plant services program for fiscal years 2003 and 2004. The fee schedules in WAC 16-401-027, 16-401-032, and 16-401-041 increase nursery inspection fees by the Office of Financial Management fiscal growth factor for fiscal year 2003 (3.29%), effective until June 30, 2003, and fiscal year 2004 (3.2%), effective July 1, 2003. This adoption does not increase the fees for retail or wholesale nursery dealer licenses. In addition, this order repeals WAC 16-401-026 and 16-401-031 because they are no longer needed. Finally, as required by Executive Order 97-02, WAC 16-401-021, 16-401-023, 16-401-027, and 16-401-032 are rewritten to improve their clarity.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 16-401-026 and 16-401-031; and amending WAC 16-401-021, 16-401-023, 16-401-027, 16-401-032, and 16-401-041.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-07-091 on March 19, 2003.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 5, Repealed 2.
(2) ((A fee may be charged)) The department may charge a fee for repeated, subsequent inspections of ((license)) licensed locations where plant material does not meet the requirements ((set forth)) in chapter 15.13 RCW((: Provided, That)). However, the ((license)) licensed location ((is subject)) cannot be subjected to ((no)) more than two paid inspections each license period. Fees are assessed on the basis of the time required for the inspection at the applicable hourly rate provided in this chapter ((16-401 WAC)).
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.13 and 15.14 RCW. 01-11-031, § 16-401-021, filed 5/8/01, effective 6/8/01; 99-12-034, § 16-401-021, filed 5/26/99, effective 6/26/99.]
(2) Holidays mean New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, Veteran's Day, Christmas Day, President's Day, and Martin Luther King's Birthday.
(3) The hourly charge is assessed in one-half hour increments.
(4) Persons requesting service with less than twenty-four hours notice during nonbusiness hours may be subject to a charge of two additional hours at the nonbusiness hourly rate, if the department is required to pay call back to the employee(s) providing the requested service.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.13 and 15.14 RCW. 99-12-034, § 16-401-023, filed 5/26/99, effective 6/26/99. Statutory Authority: [Chapter 15.13 RCW]. 92-24-067 (Order 4016), § 16-401-023, filed 12/1/92, effective 1/1/93.]
(((1) Hourly rate.
(a) Business hours . . . . . . . . . . . . $28.40
(b) Nonbusiness hours (see WAC 16-401-023) . . . . . . . . . . . . $36.30))
(2) Mileage at the established office of financial management rate (schedule A), per diem at actual cost, and travel time at the applicable hourly rate may be assessed for requested inspections that are not a part of a regular work schedule. Such charge may be prorated among applicants if more than one applicant is provided service during a ((work day)) workday or trip when mileage and/or per diem are applicable.
(((a))) There is no additional charge for the first phytosanitary certificate issued at the time of the inspection.
(((b) Phytosanitary certificates issued more than twenty-four hours from the time of the inspection, first certificate
(c) Additional phytosanitary certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.40 ea.))
(((a) There is no additional charge for the first certificate.
(b) Additional certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.40
(b) For additional certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.40
(6))) (5) Witnessing and certification of fumigation is charged at the applicable hourly rate, plus a per lot or container fee ((of
(7) For)).
(6) The department may issue a certificate of plant health for noncommercial movement of plant materials between states by unlicensed persons, up to a maximum of five plants, and provided that the plants are brought to a plant services office for inspection(( . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.65)).
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.13 and 15.14 RCW. 01-11-031, § 16-401-027, filed 5/8/01, effective 6/8/01.]
(1) Postage, special handling services and other miscellaneous costs exceeding five dollars are charges at the actual cost.
(2) Other requested office services, not specifically provided for, are charged a fee based on the portion of an hour at the applicable hourly rate in this chapter ((16-401 WAC)).
(((3) Nursery stickers and nursery stock inspection certificate tags:
(a) In lots of 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.65 per lot
(b) Less than 250 (minimum 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.27
(4) Authorization by the department to preprint Washington nursery stock inspection certificates on shipping containers, yearly authorization fee or renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . $28.40))
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.13 and 15.14 RCW. 01-11-031, § 16-401-032, filed 5/8/01, effective 6/8/01.]
(a) Gross business sales of horticultural plants and turf less than two thousand five hundred dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . $37.67
(b) Gross business sales of horticultural plants and turf between two thousand five hundred dollars and fifteen thousand dollars, the license fee is . . . . . . . . . . . . $80.72
(a) Gross business sales of horticultural plants and turf less than fifteen thousand dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . $80.72
(4) Permit fee for those types of sales and organizations exempted from licensing requirements by RCW 15.13.270.
(a) Effective until June 30, ((2001, per permit. . . . . . $5.50)) 2003. . . . . . . . $5.83
(b) Effective July 1, ((2001, per permit. . . . . . $5.65)) 2003. . . . . . . . $6.00
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.13 and 15.14 RCW. 01-11-031, § 16-401-041, filed 5/8/01, effective 6/8/01; 99-12-034, § 16-401-041, filed 5/26/99, effective 6/26/99.]