RCW 43.88.585
Fee inventory—State expenditure information website—Work group.
(1) By January 1, 2014, the office of financial management shall compile, maintain, and periodically update an inventory of all fees imposed by state agencies and institutions of higher education pursuant to statute or administrative rule. At a minimum, the inventory shall identify the agency or institution collecting the fee, the purpose of the fee, the current amount of the fee, the amount of the fee over the previous five years, and the statutory authority for the fee. The office of financial management may aggregate or consolidate fee information when there is commonality among the fee payers or the purposes for which the fee is paid.
(2) To facilitate the fee inventory under this section, each state agency and institution of higher education shall report the information required under subsection (1) of this section to the office of financial management and shall update the information at least every two years.
(3) The fee inventory under this section shall be incorporated into the state expenditure information website maintained by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee under RCW 44.48.150.
(4) The office of financial management shall convene a work group consisting of representatives from the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, the office of regulatory assistance, the department of licensing, the department of labor and industries, the department of transportation, and the department of health to develop a process to facilitate more frequent updates to the inventory and to recommend changes to increase public accessibility.
(5) For purposes of this section, "fee" means any charge, fixed by law or administrative rule, for the benefit of a service or to cover the cost of a regulatory program or the costs of administering a program for which the fee payer benefits. "Fee" does not include taxes; penalties or fines; intergovernmental charges; commercial charges; pension or health care contributions or rates; industrial, unemployment, or other state-operated insurance programs; or individualized cost recoveries.
(6) The requirements in this section are suspended during the 2019-2021 and 2021-2023 fiscal biennia.
[ 2021 c 334 § 974; 2013 c 63 § 1.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2021 c 334: See notes following RCW 43.79.555.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - State Government—Executive
Chapter 43.88 - State Budgeting, Accounting, and Reporting System.
43.88.025 - "Director" defined.
43.88.027 - Annual financial report.
43.88.031 - Capital appropriation bill—Estimated general fund debt service costs.
43.88.032 - Maintenance costs, operating budget—Debt-financed pass-through money, budget document.
43.88.033 - State expenditure limit—Budget document to reflect.
43.88.055 - Legislative balanced budget requirement.
43.88.058 - Maintenance level costs—Services for children.
43.88.060 - Legislative review of budget document and budget bill or bills—Time for submission.
43.88.080 - Adoption of budget.
43.88.096 - Budget detail—Designated state agencies—Federal receipts reporting requirements.
43.88.100 - Executive hearings.
43.88.120 - Revenue estimates.
43.88.122 - Transportation agency revenue forecasts—Variances.
43.88.125 - Study of transportation-related funds or accounts—Coordination of activities.
43.88.130 - When contracts and expenditures prohibited.
43.88.140 - Lapsing of appropriations.
43.88.145 - Capital projects—Transfer of excess appropriation authority.
43.88.160 - Fiscal management—Powers and duties of officers and agencies.
43.88.170 - Refunds of erroneous or excessive payments.
43.88.175 - Credit reporting agencies—State agency use.
43.88.180 - When appropriations required or not required.
43.88.205 - Federal funds and programs—Participating agencies to give notice—Progress reports.
43.88.210 - Transfer of certain powers and duties.
43.88.220 - Federal law controls in case of conflict—Rules.
43.88.230 - Legislative agencies and committees deemed part of legislative branch.
43.88.240 - Exemption of Washington state commodity commissions.
43.88.250 - Emergency expenditures.
43.88.260 - Deficiencies prohibited—Exceptions.
43.88.265 - Construction accounts—Exception to certain accounting requirements.
43.88.270 - Penalty for violations.
43.88.550 - Forest firefighting expenses—Transfers to Clarke-McNary fund.
43.88.560 - Information technology projects—Funding policies and standards.
43.88.583 - Public inspection of state collective bargaining agreements—Website—Contents.
43.88.585 - Fee inventory—State expenditure information website—Work group.