WAC 16-390-260   Does the department assess extra charges for the inspection and certification services it provides?  The department does assess extra charges on services provided according to the following:

     (1) The minimum inspection charge for each commodity and requested document is sixteen dollars.

     (2) If, through no fault of the inspection service, excess time is required over the maximum time allowed (as supported by unit rates for each commodity and requested document) the excess time is charged at the rate of thirty-two dollars per hour.

     (3)(a) For all inspection services performed beyond a regularly scheduled eight-hour week day shift or on Saturdays, or Sundays, or state legal holidays, a rate equivalent to forty-two dollars will be charged for actual hours spent in performance of duties. Such charges include unit charges, plus, if necessary, overtime charges to equal the respective overtime hourly rates.

     (b) The following are state legal holidays:

Holiday	Date
New Year's Day	January 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Third Monday in January
Presidents' Day	Third Monday in February
Memorial Day	Last Monday of May
Independence Day	July 4
Labor Day	First Monday in September
Veteran's Day	November 11
Thanksgiving Day	Fourth Thursday in November
Day following Thanksgiving Day	Fourth Friday in November
Christmas Day	December 25

     (4) Additional hourly or overtime charges will not be assessed when the per unit inspection charge in any one day equals or exceeds the basic hourly and/or overtime charge.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.17, 34.05 RCW, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. 04-11-078, § 16-390-260, filed 5/18/04, effective 6/18/04.]