RCW 69.48.120 Department to set program fee.

(1)(a) By July 1, 2019, the department shall: Determine its costs for the administration, oversight, and enforcement of the requirements of this chapter, including the survey required under RCW 69.48.200; pursuant to RCW 43.70.250, set fees at a level sufficient to recover the costs associated with administration, oversight, and enforcement; and adopt rules establishing requirements for program operator proposals.

(b) The department shall not impose any fees in excess of its actual administrative, oversight, and enforcement costs. The fees collected from each program operator in calendar year 2020 and any subsequent year may not exceed ten percent of the program's annual expenditures as reported to the department in the annual report required by RCW 69.48.100 and determined by the department.

(c) Adjustments to the department's fees may be made annually and shall not exceed actual administration, oversight, and enforcement costs. Adjustments for inflation may not exceed the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the United States as calculated by the United States department of labor as averaged by city for the twelve-month period ending with June of the previous year.

(d) The department shall collect fees from each program operator by October 1, 2019, and annually thereafter.

(2) All fees collected under this section must be deposited in the secure drug take-back program account established in RCW 69.48.130.

[ 2018 c 196 § 12.]

NOTES:

Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.