ESSB 5024 -
By Representative Fey
ADOPTED 04/28/2013
On page 3, line 28 of the amendment, increase the Motor Vehicle Account--State Appropriation by $50,000
On page 4, after line 28 of the amendment, insert the following:
"(3)(a) The joint legislative audit and review committee shall
conduct a study of registration and inspection fee programs regulating
gas stations and other businesses that emit gasoline vapors
administered by the department of ecology and air pollution control
authorities (collectively referred to as "regulatory agencies") as
provided in chapter 70.94 RCW. The goal of the study is to provide
recommendations to the legislature that, if implemented, would further
effective implementation of chapter 70.94 RCW by the regulatory
agencies and would result in more consistent and transparent
registration fees and regulations across all regulatory agencies
included in the study.
(b) The study must include, but not be limited to:
(i) Comparing and contrasting registration and inspection fees and
methodologies used in calculating fees among all regulatory agencies as
provided in RCW 70.94.151;
(ii) Comparing and contrasting inspection processes and criteria
among all regulatory agencies, including frequency of registration and
inspection of facilities; and
(iii) Comparing and contrasting inspection processes and criteria
utilized by the state's regulatory agencies with criteria established
by the United States environmental protection agency regulating gas
stations and other businesses that emit gasoline vapors. This should
include, but not be limited to, federal stage II vapor recovery
requirements and federal ozone standards and nonattainment.
(c) In conducting the study, the joint legislative audit and review
committee shall develop a stakeholder list, including representatives
from each regulatory agency, from the Washington oil marketers
association, and from other industry associations or groups. The
committee shall meet with stakeholders as it deems necessary, but shall
convene at least one meeting of all stakeholders within two months of
commencing the study. The committee shall submit its findings and
recommendations to the legislature by December 31, 2014."
EFFECT: Directs the joint legislative audit and review committee
to conduct a study of registration and inspection fee programs
regulating gas stations and other businesses that emit gasoline vapors
administered by the department of ecology and air pollution control
authorities. The study must include comparing and contrasting:
Registration and inspection fees and methodologies in fee calculations
for all regulatory agencies; inspection processes and criteria,
including registration and inspection frequencies among regulatory
agencies; and inspection processes and criteria used by the state's
regulatory agencies with criteria established by the United States
environmental protection agency.
Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to
develop a stakeholder list, including representatives from each
regulatory agency, from the Washington oil marketers association, and
from other industry associations or groups. Specifies that at least
one meeting of the stakeholders occur within two months of commencing
the study. Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee
to submit its findings and recommendations to the legislature by
December 31, 2014.
EFFECT: Increases the Motor Vehicle Account--State Appropriation by $50,000.