Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-240 - WSDA grain inspection program Definitions, standards, and fees › Section 16-240-043 - Minimum operating fund balance fee adjustment

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The department shall establish the minimum operating fund
				  balance amount on the first business day of July each year.
(1) At the time the minimum operating fund
				balance amount is established, if the fund balance is above the new minimum
				operating fund balance amount by at least ten percent, the metric ton vessel
				rate and the approved automated weighing system rate per metric ton under WAC
				16-240-070(2)(b)
				at USGSA Table 1 shall be the next lower tier rate beginning August 1st of that
				year, and the metric ton vessel rate and the approved automated weighing
				systems rate per metric ton under WAC
				16-240-080(2)(b)
				at AMA Table 1 shall be the next lower tier rate beginning August 1st of that
				year.
(2) At the time the minimum
				operating fund balance amount is established, if the fund balance is below the
				new minimum operating fund balance by at least ten percent, the metric ton
				vessel rate and the approved automated weighing systems rate per metric ton
				under WAC 16-240-070(2)(b)
				at USGSA Table 1 shall be the next higher tier rate beginning August 1st of
				that year, and the metric ton vessel rate and the approved automated weighing
				systems rate per metric ton under WAC
				16-240-080(2)(b)
				at AMA Table 1 shall be the next higher tier rate beginning August 1st of that
				year.
(3) If after three months at
				the Tier 2 rate the fund balance is not reduced to or projected by the
				department to achieve reduction to the minimum operating fund balance within
				the following six months, the metric ton vessel rate and approved automated
				weighing system rate per metric ton under WAC
				16-240-070(2)(b)
				at USGSA Table 1 shall be the Tier 3 rate beginning the first day of the
				following month, and the metric ton vessel rate and the approved automated
				weighing systems rate per metric ton under WAC
				16-240-080(2)(b)
				at AMA Table 1 shall be the Tier 3 rate beginning the first day of the
				following month.
(4) The department
				may review the status of the minimum operating fund balance any month during
				each fiscal year. On the first business day of the month following such review,
				if the fund balance is above the minimum operating balance by at least ten
				percent, the next lower tier rate under this section shall apply. If the fund
				balance is below the minimum operating fund balance by at least ten percent,
				the next higher tier rate under this section shall apply. Any change in the
				rates required under this subsection shall take effect beginning the first day
				of the following month. The department shall give notice of any rate change as
				provided under subsection (5) of this section.
(5) The department shall post notice of each
				year's current minimum operating fund balance amount on the department's
				WSDAgrades.com web site within three business days of the date in July when
				that amount is established under this section.
(6) The department shall post notice of the
				rates established under subsection (1) through (4) of this section on the
				department's WSDAgrades.com web site within three business days of the date the
				department determines the rates. The posted notice shall identify the rate for
				each affected category of service and the date each rate takes effect. Notice
				is not required to be posted when an established rate does not change following
				review under this section.
(7) By
				email or other means, the department may provide optional additional notice to
				current customers and to any other interested persons of the minimum operating
				fund balance established under this section and notice of any rates established
				or changed under subsections (1) through (4) of this section. Such optional
				additional notice should be given within the same times as the required notices
				under subsections (5) and (6) of this section. This subsection (7) shall not
				affect the validity of any rates established or changed under this
				section.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.17.050,
					 2012 2nd sp.s. c
					 7 , and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 12-21-064,
					 § 16-240-043, filed 10/17/12, effective
					 11/17/12.