Original Notice.

Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 00-21-092.

Title of Rule: WAC 308-13-150 Landscape architect fees.

Purpose: This rule is needed to increase the charge that candidates pay for the landscape architect registration examination and the department collects on the vendor's behalf.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.96.080 Fees and 43.24.086 Fee policy for professions, occupations and businesses; requires fees to be at a sufficient level to defray the costs of administering the program.

Statute Being Implemented: RCW 43.24.086 Fee policy for professions, occupations and businesses; requires fees to be at a sufficient level to defray the costs of administering the program.

Summary: This is a national driven fee increase and not the request of the department.

Reasons Supporting Proposal: The cost of the examinations are charged directly to the candidates for registration.

Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Joan Y. Robinson, 405 Black Lake Boulevard, Olympia, (360) 664-1387; Implementation and Enforcement: Margaret Epting, 405 Black Lake Boulevard, Olympia, (360) 664-1386.

Name of Proponent: Landscape Architect Registration Board, governmental.

Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: The examination vendor has increased the examination charges. This rule is needed to increase the examination charges that candidates pay for the examination, to a sufficient level to meet the cost of purchasing the examinations for the candidates.

Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: It increases the charges that are collected from candidates for the examinations ordered from the test vendor. The charges recovered by the department shall be refunded to the vendor for the cost of the examinations.

No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. This increase in charges is to individual applicants, not business enterprises. The vendor will provide the tests only at these prices. The costs are not negotiable.

Without these increases in examination charges the refund account would be a deficit with the first examination session.

Section 201, chapter 403, Laws of 1995, does not apply to this rule adoption. This section of regulations is not a "significant legislative rule" as defined by RCW 34.05.328 (5)(iii) [(5)(c)(iii)] and is exempt under the provisions of RCW 34.05.38 [34.05.328] (5)(b)(vi).

Hearing Location: Department of Licensing, 405 Black Lake Boulevard, Conference Room 1, Olympia, WA 98502, on January 25, 2001, at 9:00 a.m.

Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Joan Y. Robinson by January 23, 2001, TDD (360) 586-2788, or (360) 664-1387.

Submit Written Comments to: Margaret Epting, Landscape Architect Registration Board, P.O. Box 9045, Olympia, WA 98507-9045, fax (360) 664-2551, by January 23, 2001.

Date of Intended Adoption: January 25, 2001.

December 20, 2000

Alan E. Rathbun

Assistant Director

OTS-4515.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-23-025, filed 11/9/99, effective 11/9/99)

WAC 308-13-150   Landscape architect fees and charges.   The following fees will be collected from the candidates for examination((, effective July 1, 2000)):

Title of Fee		Fee
Application fee	$150.00
Reexamination administration fee	50.00
Exam proctor	100.00
Renewal (2 years)	300.00
Late renewal penalty	100.00
Duplicate license	25.00
Initial registration (2 years)	300.00
Reciprocity application fee	200.00
Certification	45.00
Replacement certificate	20.00

Those ((fees)) charges collected from candidates shall be paid to CLARB for the costs of the examinations((, effective November 8, 1999)).

Examination and Sections		Charges
Entire examination		$570.00
Examination sections:
Section A: Legal and administrative
	aspects of practice	((40.00)) 45.00
Section B: Analytical
	aspects of practice	((80.00)) 85.00
Section C:
	Planning and site design	((160.00)) 175.00
Section D:
	Structural considerations and materials and methods of construction	((130.00)) 140.00
Section E:
	Grading, drainage and stormwater management	((160.00)) 175.00

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.96.060 and 43.24.086. 99-23-025, 308-13-150, filed 11/9/99, effective 11/9/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.96.080 and 43.24.086. 96-11-132, 308-13-150, filed 5/22/96, effective 6/22/96; 95-20-026, 308-13-150, filed 9/27/95, effective 10/28/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.24.086. 94-23-031, 308-13-150, filed 11/8/94, effective 12/9/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.96.080. 94-04-044, 308-13-150, filed 1/27/94, effective 2/27/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.24.086 and 18.96.080. 91-23-021, 308-13-150, filed 11/8/91, effective 12/9/91; 90-15-039, 308-13-150, filed 7/13/90, effective 8/13/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.24.086. 90-03-031, 308-13-150, filed 1/12/90, effective 2/12/90; 88-04-027 (Order PM 702), 308-13-150, filed 1/26/88. Statutory Authority: 1983 c 168 12. 83-17-031 (Order PL 442), 308-13-150, filed 8/10/83. Formerly WAC 308-13-120.]

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