(1) Beekeepers in the following two categories shall pay a fee for owning or operating colonies of bees in Washington:

(a) Resident beekeepers of Washington;

(b) Nonresident beekeepers operating colonies in Washington for the purpose of producing honey or other products, or their use or rental for pollination of agricultural crops.

(2) Both categories of beekeepers shall pay a fee based upon the number of colonies they own or will operate during the calendar year in Washington. The fee schedule shall be as follows:

(3) The registration fee shall be paid, on or before April first, on the number of colonies of bees:

(a) Owned by resident beekeepers;

(b) Operated and or rented for pollination by nonresident beekeepers during the calendar year in Washington.

In accordance with RCW 15.60.021, there is assessed an annual broker registration fee of $100 due and payable to the department on April 1 of each year. If a person registers as both a broker and an apiarist, only one of the registration fees shall be owed. The lesser of the two registration fees shall be waived.

(1) Violations of the Apiaries Act include, but are not limited to:

(a) Failure to register as a resident or nonresident apiarist;

(b) Failure to register as a broker;

(c) Failure to remit apiary registration fees;

(d) Failure to remit broker registration fees.

(2) The level of civil penalty assessed for each individual violation shall be as follows:

First violation. . . .$100

Second violation. . . .$500

Third and each subsequent violation. . . .$1,000