Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 15.13 - Horticultural Plants, Christmas Trees, and Facilities—Inspection and Licensing.
15.13.311 - Christmas tree grower exemptions—License—Fees.

RCW 15.13.311
Christmas tree grower exemptions—License—Fees. (Expires July 1, 2030.)

(1) Any Christmas tree grower owning Christmas trees, whose business consists solely of retail sales to the ultimate consumer, is exempt from the requirements of this section if:
(a) The grower has less than one acre of Christmas trees; or
(b) The grower harvests, by u-cut or otherwise, fewer than four hundred Christmas trees per year.
(2) Licensed nursery dealers who furnish live plants for planting to Christmas tree growers are exempt from the requirements of this section.
(3) No person may operate as a Christmas tree grower without first obtaining a license from the department.
(a) The application must be accompanied by an annual fee, as established by the director in rule. The annual fee must not exceed forty dollars as a basic charge and a maximum of four dollars per acre as an acreage assessment. The annual Christmas tree grower license fee for any person may not exceed five thousand dollars.
(b) The department may audit licensees during normal business hours to determine that appropriate fees have been paid.

[ 2007 c 335 § 5.]
NOTES:

Expiration date—2019 c 206; 2013 c 72; 2007 c 335: See note following RCW 15.13.250.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing

Chapter 15.13 - Horticultural Plants, Christmas Trees, and Facilities—Inspection and Licensing.

15.13.250 - Definitions.

15.13.260 - Enforcement—Rules—Scope.

15.13.262 - Application of administrative procedure act.

15.13.265 - Enforcement—Access to nursery dealer premises—Inspection.

15.13.270 - Nursery dealer licensing exemptions—Permits for clubs, conservation districts, nonprofit associations, educational organizations.

15.13.280 - Nursery dealer licenses—Farmers markets—Application—Fees—Expiration—Posting—Audit.

15.13.285 - Nursery dealer licenses—Fee surcharge.

15.13.290 - Nursery dealer licenses—Additional charge for late renewal.

15.13.300 - Nursery dealer licenses—Application—Contents.

15.13.310 - Assessment on gross sale price of wholesale market value of certain horticultural plants—Method for determining—Due date—Gross sale period—Audit.

15.13.311 - Christmas tree grower exemptions—License—Fees.

15.13.312 - Christmas tree grower license—Application.

15.13.314 - Christmas tree program—Advisory committee.

15.13.315 - Grapevine certification and nursery improvement program—Advisory committee.

15.13.320 - Fruit tree certification and nursery improvement program—Advisory committee.

15.13.335 - Nursery advisory committee—Members—Terms.

15.13.340 - Late fee on delinquent assessments.

15.13.360 - Hearings—Subpoenas.

15.13.370 - Request by licensee for inspector's services during shipping season—Certificate of inspection—Other requests for inspection and/or certification services—Fees.

15.13.380 - Inspection fees—When due and payable—Arrears.

15.13.390 - Unlawful selling, shipment, or transport of horticultural plants or Christmas trees within state, when.

15.13.400 - Unlawful shipment or delivery of horticultural plants into state, when—Certificate and inspection requirements—Christmas trees—Rules—Hearing.

15.13.410 - Shipments into state to be marked or tagged.

15.13.420 - Unlawful acts enumerated.

15.13.425 - False advertisements.

15.13.430 - Hold order on damaged, infested, or infected horticultural plants or Christmas trees—Selling or moving unlawful.

15.13.440 - Order of condemnation—Grounds for issuance.

15.13.445 - Order or action of director—Hearing opportunity.

15.13.447 - Prohibition on recovery of damages.

15.13.450 - Injunction to prevent violations.

15.13.455 - Injunction to restrain operation as nursery dealer or Christmas tree grower without valid license—Costs, attorneys' fees, and expenses.

15.13.470 - Disposition of moneys collected under chapter—Expenditure.

15.13.477 - Compliance agreements.

15.13.480 - Cooperative contracts or agreements to further chapter—Agreements to facilitate export.

15.13.490 - Compliance with chapter—Violation—Penalties.

15.13.500 - Suspension of license—Reissuance.

15.13.920 - Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.