RCW 16.36.113
Violations of chapter or rules—Civil penalty—Moneys collected—Time and mileage fee.
(1) Any person in violation of this chapter or its rules may be subject to a civil penalty in an amount of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation. Each violation is a separate and distinct offense. Every person who, through an act of commission or omission, procures, aids, or abets in the violation is in violation of this chapter or its rules and may be subject to the civil penalty provided in this section. Moneys collected under this section must be deposited in the state general fund.
(2) The department may charge a time and mileage fee for the cost of an investigation including inspecting animals and related records during an investigation of a proven violation of this chapter. The fee may be up to eighty-five dollars per hour and the current mileage rate set by the office of financial management. The director may increase the hourly fee by rule as necessary to cover costs of investigations. All fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in an account in the agricultural local fund and used to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
[ 2011 c 204 § 11; 2007 c 71 § 4.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 16 - Animals and Livestock
Chapter 16.36 - Animal Health.
16.36.010 - Quarantine—Hold order.
16.36.020 - Powers of director.
16.36.025 - Recovery of costs.
16.36.040 - Rules—Prevention—Inspections and tests—Reportable disease—Federal regulations.
16.36.050 - Unlawful actions—Importation—Required certificates—Intentional or willful misconduct.
16.36.070 - Danger of infection—Emergencies.
16.36.080 - Veterinarians and others to report diseases—Director's duties—Unlawful importation.
16.36.082 - Infected or exposed animals—Unlawful to transfer or expose other animals.
16.36.084 - Duty to report infection or exposure to disease—Unlawful conduct.
16.36.086 - Negligence of owner of infected livestock—Liability.
16.36.090 - Destruction of diseased or quarantined animals.
16.36.096 - Destruction of animals—Payment of indemnity.
16.36.098 - Quarantine, hold order, or destruct order—Written request for hearing.
16.36.100 - Cooperation with other governmental agencies.
16.36.102 - Duty to bury carcass of diseased livestock—Dead livestock presumed diseased.
16.36.105 - Swine, garbage feeding, license—Application—Fee—Inspection.
16.36.110 - Violations, gross misdemeanor—Injunction—Denial, revocation, or suspension of license.
16.36.113 - Violations of chapter or rules—Civil penalty—Moneys collected—Time and mileage fee.
16.36.128 - Application of Title 77 RCW.
16.36.150 - Animal disease traceability activities for cattle—Fee—Penalty.
16.36.160 - Activity report and financial statement—Animal disease traceability activities.