RCW 84.33.088
Reporting requirements on timber purchase.
(Expires July 1, 2010.)
(1) A purchaser of privately owned
timber in an amount in excess of two hundred thousand board feet
in a voluntary sale made in the ordinary course of business
shall, on or before the last day of the month following the
purchase of the timber, report the particulars of the purchase to
the department as required in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The report required in subsection (1) of this section
must contain all information relevant to the value of the timber
purchased including, but not limited to, the following, as
applicable: Purchaser's name and address, sale date, termination
date in sale agreement, total sale price, total acreage involved
in the sale, net volume of timber purchased, legal description of
the area involved in the sale, road construction or improvements
required or completed, timber cruise data, and timber thinning
data. A report may be submitted in any reasonable form or, at
the purchaser's option, by submitting relevant excerpts of the
timber sales contract. A purchaser may comply by submitting the
information in the following form:
Purchaser's name: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchaser's address: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sale date: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Termination date: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total sale price: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total acreage involved: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net volume of timber purchased: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal description of sale area: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property improvements: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Timber cruise data: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Timber thinning data: . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) A purchaser of privately owned timber involved in a
purchase described in subsection (1) of this section, who fails
to report a purchase as required, may be liable for a penalty of
two hundred fifty dollars for each failure to report, as
determined by the department.
(4) This section expires July 1, 2010.
[2007 c 47 § 1; 2003 c 315 § 1; 2001 c 320 § 16.]
NOTES:
Effective date -- 2007 c 47: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2007." [2007 c 47 § 2.]
Effective date -- 2001 c 320: See note following RCW 11.02.005.