Drafter
Clerk 03/05/2009
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the setting of fees; and amending Ordinance 6835, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.99.030.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 6835, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.99.030 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The following policies shall govern the establishment of fees and the amount of fees:
A. Any fee for which the amount or rate is established by state statute is exempt from this chapter.
B. King County may establish any fee, consistent with policies of this chapter, unless specifically prohibited by state statute.
C. Any fees established by the prosecuting attorney, superior court or district court at their discretion under authority granted by state statute are exempt from this chapter.
D. Any fees established by the county board of health under state statute are exempt from this chapter.
E. Any fees set by the department of natural resources and parks are exempt from this chapter.
F. Any fees set by the department of executive services for the 5th Avenue and Jefferson Street county parking lot are exempt from this chapter through June 30, 2005.
G. The following fees and the amount of fees must be established by ordinance, unless specific administrative fee-setting authority is granted by ordinance to a county agency or official or by board of health rule and regulation to the Seattle-King County department of public health or the county health officer:
1. Regulatory fees; and
2. Enterprise fund fees.
H. For all other fees-for-service not specified in subsections A. through G. of this section, the following policies and procedures apply:
1. The executive may establish changes in the existing amounts or rates of fees-for-service and may establish new fees-for-service by submitting the proposed schedule of fee changes to the county council at the time the executive proposed annual budget is submitted. ...

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