(1) The director is authorized to charge a fee for the estimated direct and indirect costs of the following:

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Terms Used In Washington Code 31.40.070

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
(a) An application for a license and the investigation thereof;
(b) An application for approval to acquire control of a licensee and the investigation thereof;
(c) An application for approval for a licensee to merge with another corporation, an application for approval for a licensee to purchase all or substantially all of the business of another person, or an application for approval for a licensee to sell all or substantially all of its business or of the business of any of its offices to another licensee and the investigation thereof;
(d) An annual license;
(e) An examination by the director of a licensee or a subsidiary of a licensee. Excess examiner time shall be billed at a reasonable rate established by rule.
(2) A fee for filing an application with the director shall be paid at the time the application is filed with the director.
(3) All such fees shall be deposited in the financial services regulation fund and administered consistent with the provisions of RCW 43.320.110.

NOTES:

Effective date2001 c 177: See note following RCW 43.320.080.
Construction1989 c 212 § 7: “Nothing in section 7 of this act shall be construed to prevent repayment to the general fund of the twenty-five thousand dollar start-up appropriation set forth in section 15 of this act.” [ 1989 c 212 § 14.]