Source: https://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=244-12&full=true
Timestamp: 2019-05-20 07:04:53
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 244', '§ 244', '§ 244', '§ 244', '§ 244', '§ 244', '§ 244', '§ 244', '§ 244']

Chapter 244-12 WAC:
WACs > Title 244 > Chapter 244-12
Chapter 244-12 WAC
244-12-010 Promulgation.
244-12-020 Commission purpose.
244-12-030 Definition of terms.
244-12-040 Hardwoods commission.
244-12-050 Assessments and collections.
244-12-060 Volume reporting and assessment payment procedures.
244-12-070 Obligations of the commission.
244-12-080 Effective time.
244-12-090 Separability.
244-12-100 Hardwood processors quarterly assessment report form.
244-12-010
These rules are promulgated pursuant to the statutory authority contained in chapter 15.74 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: 1991 c 67. WSR 91-14-055, § 244-12-010, filed 6/27/91, effective 7/1/91.]
244-12-020
Commission purpose.
The purpose of this commission is to promote the general welfare of the state by assisting in the retention, expansion, and attraction of hardwood-related industries in the state of Washington. This shall be accomplished in the following manner:
(1) Create a climate for development and support of the industry.
(2) Coordinate efforts to enhance and promote the expansion of the forest industry among state and federal agencies, industrial organizations, and institutions of higher learning.
(3) Develop products and markets for various species and grades of hardwoods.
(4) Study and recommend a tax program that will attract new firms and promote stability for existing firms.
(5) Develop an enhancement and protection program that will reduce waste and respect environmental sensitivity.
(6) Develop financial assistance programs from public and private moneys for attraction and expansion of new and existing primary, secondary, and tertiary processing facilities.
(7) Utilize recognized experts in educational institutions, public and private foundations, and agencies of the state to facilitate research into economic development, hardwood silviculture, woodland management, development of new products, and public education.
(8) Cooperate with the department of natural resources in the development of best management practices for hardwood resources.
[Statutory Authority: 1991 c 67. WSR 91-14-055, § 244-12-020, filed 6/27/91, effective 7/1/91.]
244-12-030
(1) "Person" means any person, firm, association, or corporation.
(2) "Affected processor" means a person who processes hardwood logs of any species into (a) lumber, and/or construction timbers regardless of size, manufactured to standard specifications suitable for end product use including cut-up stock, (b) chips suitable for pulp, paper, or other uses, (c) plywood, (d) veneer, (e) commercial firewood. An "affected processor" also means any person who processes hardwood logs of any species by remanufacture into other lengths or diameters or reloads hardwood logs for shipment to destinations outside the state of Washington.
(3) "Hardwood industry" means the harvesting and manufacturing of hardwood materials or products in commercial quantities.
(4) "Washington hardwoods commission," hereinafter referred to as "commission," means the commission formed under the provisions of chapter 15.74 RCW.
(5) "Hardwood" means the wood of a deciduous, broad leaf flowering tree.
(6) "Fiscal year" means the twelve-month period beginning with January 1 of any year and ending with the last day of December following, both dates being inclusive.
(7) "Sell" includes offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession for sale, exchange, barter, or trade.
(8) "Scribner log scale" means the log volume as shown in Official Rules of Log Scaling and Grading Bureaus.
(9) "Assessment" means the amount levied in favor of the commission.
(10) "Enhancement" means to increase the value and worth of the hardwood resource and the resulting hardwood products.
(11) "Protection" means to guard against loss or damage involved in the harvest of hardwood logs and in the production of hardwood products.
[Statutory Authority: 1991 c 67. WSR 91-14-055, § 244-12-030, filed 6/27/91, effective 7/1/91.]
244-12-040
244-12-050
244-12-060
Volume reporting and assessment payment procedures.
(1) Effective July 1, 1993, each affected processor, and each person who has been an affected processor during one or more of the preceding four quarters, shall, on a quarterly basis, complete and submit to the commission a hardwood processors quarterly assessment report form, as set forth in WAC 244-12-100.
(2) Each affected processor levied a quarterly assessment pursuant to RCW 15.74.060 and WAC 244-12-020 shall remit said assessment to the commission on a quarterly basis, along with the affected processor's quarterly assessment report.
(3) Quarterly assessments and quarterly assessment reports required by this section are due to the commission within forty-five days after the end of the quarter.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.74 RCW. WSR 93-13-013, § 244-12-060, filed 6/7/93, effective 7/8/93. Statutory Authority: 1991 c 67. WSR 91-14-055, § 244-12-060, filed 6/27/91, effective 7/1/91.]
244-12-070
Obligations of the commission.
Obligations incurred by the commission or employee or agent thereof pertaining to their performance or nonperformance or misperformance of any matters or things authorized, required, or permitted them by the act or this order, and any other liabilities or claims against them or any of them shall be enforced in the same manner as if the whole organization under the order were a corporation. No liability for the debts or actions of the commission, employee, or agent incurred in their official capacity under this order shall exist either against the commission, officers, employees, and/or agents in their individual capacity, nor against the state of Washington or any subdivision or instrumentality thereof nor against any other organization, administrator, or commission (or employee or agent thereof) established pursuant to this act or the assets thereof. The commission, and its agents and employees, shall not be held responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent, person, or employee, except for their own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No such person or employee shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any other commission, member of the commission, or other person. The liability of the members of the commission shall be several and not joint and no member shall be liable for the default of any other member.
[Statutory Authority: 1991 c 67. WSR 91-14-055, § 244-12-070, filed 6/27/91, effective 7/1/91.]
244-12-080
This order shall become effective on and after July 1, 1991.
[Statutory Authority: 1991 c 67. WSR 91-14-055, § 244-12-080, filed 6/27/91, effective 7/1/91.]
244-12-090
[Statutory Authority: 1991 c 67. WSR 91-14-055, § 244-12-090, filed 6/27/91, effective 7/1/91.]
244-12-100
Hardwood processors quarterly assessment report form.
HARDWOOD PROCESSORS
Processor Name: . . . .
Zip . . . .
Phone Number: . . . .
Fax: . . . .
Prepared By: . . . .
QUARTERLY QUANTITY OF LOGS PROCESSED
Red Alder Logs: . . . .
Other Hardwood: . . . .
Total Tons of Logs: . . . .
Assessment to be paid pursuant to WAC 244-12-050 and remitted with this report: . . . .
I hereby certify that the information contained on this form is true, accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge.
Signed: . . . .
Title: . . . .
Green Hardwood Lumber
Hardwood Log Export
BF Scribner
Bone Dry Tons
Other Hardwood Products (List)
*Upon receipt by the commission, this information will be excised from the report form to ensure processor anonymity. This information will be used to compile aggregate industry volumes to determine the size and scope of various products.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.74 RCW. WSR 93-13-013, § 244-12-100, filed 6/7/93, effective 7/8/93.]