WAC 16-560-06001   Assessment rates.  There is hereby levied on all commercial tree fruit produced in this state or held out as being produced in this state for fresh or processing use, an assessment of one dollar per ton on all such tree fruit: Provided, That such assessment for cherries shall be four dollars per ton: Provided, That such assessment for apples for fresh shipment shall be at the rate of two and one-half cents per hundred pounds gross billing weight for the 1992 crop year, three and three-quarters cents per hundred pounds gross billing weight for the 1993 crop year, and five cents per hundred pounds gross billing weight for the 1994 crop year and each year thereafter: Provided Further, That such assessment for processed apples shall be at the rate of fifty cents per ton for the 1992 crop year, seventy-five cents per ton for the 1993 crop year, and one dollar per ton for the 1994 crop year, and each year thereafter.

     There is hereby established pursuant to RCW 15.26.155 an additional assessment for an industry services fund for programs related to sanitation, planting, production, harvesting, handling, processing and shipping. The assessment shall be set annually by the commission, upon approval of two-thirds of the voting members of the commission, to create and maintain this fund at or near one hundred thousand dollars. If this fund should inadvertently exceed one hundred thousand dollars due to larger crops than estimated or the addition of interest earned, the excess shall be credited to the following year's fund.

     In consideration of maintaining this industry services fund, the commission shall annually consult with the affected industry and grower organizations.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.26.110(2). 96-07-054, § 16-560-06001, filed 3/19/96, effective 4/19/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.26.140 and 15.26.150. 92-01-009, § 16-560-06001, filed 12/5/91, effective 1/5/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.26.155. 86-14-066 (Order 8, Resolution No. 8), § 16-560-06001, filed 6/30/86, effective 8/1/86; 85-10-005 (Order 7, Resolution No. 7), § 16-560-06001, filed 4/19/85. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.26.140. 80-05-091 (Order 6, Resolution No. 6), § 16-560-06001, filed 5/1/80; Order 5, § 16-560-060 (codified as WAC 16-560-06001), filed 3/8/74.]