WSR 17-17-158 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE [Filed August 23, 2017, 10:04 a.m., effective September 23, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The director has established, by rule, a method to fund administrative staff support given by the department to all commodity boards and commissions. The board or commission's annual contribution to the department for administrative support is formulated based on the previous year's assessments received by those boards or commissions. In order to distribute administrative costs fairly, the department is including the net proceeds collected by the beer commission from beer festivals to the base formula to determine a board or commission's contribution. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-501-005. Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-13-011 on June 9, 2017. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Date Adopted: August 23, 2017. Kirk Robinson Deputy Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 02-16-045, filed 8/1/02, effective 9/1/02)
WAC 16-501-005 Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout the chapter:
"Assessment level" means the total annual assessment collected by an agricultural commodity board or commission under the provisions of its marketing order or authorizing statute. For the Washington beer commission, "assessment level" includes net proceeds collected from commission-sponsored beer festivals in addition to the total annual assessment collected by the commission.
"Department" means the Washington state department of agriculture (WSDA).
"Total financial contribution" means the contributions from all agricultural commodity boards and commissions to cover one-half the annual salary and benefits of the department's commodity commission coordinator for commodity boards and commissions plus the annual costs for goods and services, travel, training and equipment necessary to support the commodity commission coordinator.
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