PROPOSED RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 02-09-033.
Title of Rule: Duplicate license document fee.
Purpose: Set fee for duplicate license documents.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 222, Laws of 2002.
Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 222, Laws of 2002.
Summary: Set duplicate license document fee at $7.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Legislative directive.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Evan Jacoby, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, 902-2930; Implementation: Jim Lux, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, 902-2244; and Enforcement: Bruce Bjork, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, 902-2373.
Name of Proponent: Department of Fish and Wildlife, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: Currently, duplicate licenses are sold individually, at $10 per license. However, with the automated license system, all licenses purchased are shown on a single sticker affixed to the license document. The legislature has required the department to set the duplicate license fee at the actual cost of issuance. This has been determined to be $7. For licenses that cost less than $7 (youth fishing, the duplicate fee will be the cost of the license. Additionally for all duplicate licenses is the dealer's fee and automated system fee. The department will charge a single duplicate license document fee for all licenses on the original license document. There will be an individual charge for lost big game tags, also $7. This will reduce the cost to the licensee who needs a duplicate, and will significantly reduce the cost to a person with multiple licenses.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: Repeal interim license.
A small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW.
2. Kinds of Professional Services That a Small Business is Likely to Need in Order to Comply with Such Requirements: None.
3. Costs of Compliance for Businesses, Including Costs of Equipment, Supplies, Labor, and Increased Administrative Costs: There is no cost of compliance.
4. Will Compliance with the Rule Cause Businesses to Lose Sales or Revenue? License dealers currently charge a per license dealer fee for processing a duplicate license. This will change to a per license document fee. In 2001, dealers issued approximately 16,500 duplicate licenses. The department cannot determine how many were multiple duplicate licenses, but if one half were (a very high estimate; as we have many more anglers than hunters and the angler duplicate licenses constitute 11,000 of the total), the loss to the dealers as a whole would be $2 times 8,250 transactions, or $16,500. With 625 dealers, the per dealer loss is a loss of $26.40 in annual dealer fee revenue.
5. Cost of Compliance for the 10% of Businesses That are the Largest Businesses Required to Comply with the Proposed Rules Using One or More of the Following as a Basis for Comparing Costs:
a. Cost per employee;
b. Cost per hour of labor; or
c. Cost per one hundred dollars of sales.
No cost of compliance.
6. Steps Taken by the Agency to Reduce the Costs of the Rule on Small Businesses or Reasonable Justification for Not Doing So: There are no costs of compliance.
7. A Description of How the Agency Will Involve Small Businesses in the Development of the Rule: This rule was developed as the result of legislative directive. The license dealers were involved in the legislation that requires this rule.
8. A List of Industries That Will Be Required to Comply with the Rule: WDFW license dealers.
A copy of the statement may be obtained by writing to Evan Jacoby, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, phone (360) 902-2930, fax (360) 902-2155.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. Not hydraulics rules.
Hearing Location: Room 103, Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, WA, on July 9, 2002, at 9:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Evan Jacoby by July 1, 2002, TDD (360) 902-2207, or (360) 902-2930.
Submit Written Comments to: Evan Jacoby, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-0191, fax (360) 902-2155, by July 8, 2002.
Date of Intended Adoption: July 9, 2002.
June 5, 2002
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator
OTS-5643.3
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-55-200
Duplicate license fees.
(1) The cost of a
duplicate license document is seven dollars, plus the automated
licensing system processing fee and dealer fee, unless the cost
of all licenses on the original license document was less than
seven dollars, then the license document cost is the same as the
original cost, plus the automated licensing system processing fee
and dealer fee. The duplicate license document shall contain all
licenses purchased at the time the original license document was
issued, including a migratory waterfowl validation if such
validation was purchased, but shall not include any game tags
issued with the original license.
(2) The cost of a duplicate game tag is seven dollars per game tag, plus the automated licensing system processing fee and the dealer fee.
(3) The department will not issue duplicate two-day fishing licenses issued as a charter stamp, duplicate collector migratory waterfowl stamps, duplicate additional access decals, or duplicate game raffle tickets.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-55-20000A | Interim hunting and fishing license. |