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RCW 43.950.010
Continuation of existing law.
The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments. Nothing in this 1965 reenactment of this title shall be construed as authorizing any new bond issues or new or additional appropriations of moneys but the bond issue authorizations herein contained shall be construed only as continuations of bond issues authorized by prior laws herein repealed and reenacted, and the appropriations of moneys herein contained are continued herein for historical purposes only and this act shall not be construed as a reappropriation thereof and no appropriation contained herein shall be deemed to be extended or revived hereby and such appropriation shall lapse or shall have lapsed in accordance with the original enactment.
[
1965 c 8 s 43.198.010
. Formerly RCW 43.198.010
.]
RCW 43.950.020
Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.
Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.
[
1965 c 8 s 43.198.020
. Formerly RCW 43.198.020
.]
RCW 43.950.030
Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[
1965 c 8 s 43.198.030
. Formerly RCW 43.198.030
.]
RCW 43.950.040
Repeals and saving.
See
1965 c 8 s 43.198.040
. Formerly RCW 43.198.040
.
RCW 44.82.010
Joint select committee on health care and behavioral health oversight.
(Expires December 31, 2026.)
(1) The joint select committee on health care and behavioral health oversight is established in statute, continuing the committee created in Engrossed Substitute Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8401 passed in 2013.
(2) The membership of the joint select committee on health care and behavioral health oversight must consist of the following: (a) The chairs of the health care committees of the senate and the house of representatives, who must serve as cochairs; (b) four additional members of the senate, two each appointed by the leadership of the two largest political parties in the senate; and (c) four additional members of the house of representatives, two each appointed by the leadership of the two largest political parties in the house of representatives. The governor must be invited to appoint, as a liaison to the joint select committee, a person who must be a nonvoting member.
(3) The joint select committee on health care and behavioral health oversight must provide oversight between the health care authority, health benefit exchange, the office of the insurance commissioner, the department of health, and the department of social and health services. The goal must be to ensure that these entities are not duplicating their efforts and are working toward a goal of increased quality of services which will lead to reduced costs to the health care consumer.
(4) The joint select committee on health care and behavioral health oversight must, as necessary, propose legislation to the health care committees and budget recommendations to the ways and means committees of the legislature that aids in their coordination of activities and that leads to better quality and cost savings.
(5) This section expires December 31, 2026.
[
2023 c 10 s 1
. Prior:
2014 c 223 s 3
.]
NOTES:
Finding
—
2014 c 223:
See note following RCW 41.05.690
.
RCW 46.53.010
Registered tow truck operators, vehicle wreckers, scrap processors, and scrap metal businesses may apply for cost reimbursement for towing, transporting, storing, dismantling, and disposing abandoned recreational vehicles
—
Department to develop rules
—
Stakeholder work group.
(1) A registered tow truck operator, as defined in RCW 46.55.010, vehicle wrecker, as defined in RCW 46.80.010, or scrap processor, as defined in RCW 46.79.010, and scrap metal businesses, as defined in RCW 19.290.010, may apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department for cost reimbursement for the towing, transport, storage, dismantling, and disposal of abandoned recreational vehicles from public property.
(2) The department may only use funds under RCW 46.68.175
for cost reimbursement for the towing, transport, storage, dismantling, and disposal of abandoned recreational vehicles. The department may not authorize reimbursements that total more than ten thousand dollars per vehicle for which cost reimbursements are requested.
(3) After consulting with the 2017 stakeholder group, the department may develop rules including, but not limited to, towing, transport, storage, dismantling, and disposal rates, application form and contents, and cost reimbursement and the reimbursement process, to implement this section.
(4) The department shall convene a stakeholder work group every two years, with the first meeting to be held within twelve months of rule adoption, to make recommendations on rule amendments.
(5) For the purposes of this section, an "abandoned recreational vehicle" means a camper, motor home, or travel trailer that has been impounded from public property, abandoned pursuant to chapter
46.55
RCW, and received no bids at auction, or declared an abandoned junk vehicle by a law enforcement officer, pursuant to chapter
46.55
RCW, while on public property.
[
2018 c 287 s 5
.]
NOTES:
Findings
—
Implementation
—
Effective date
—
2018 c 287:
See notes following RCW 46.55.400
.
RCW 46.73.010
Qualifications and hours of service.
The Washington state patrol may adopt rules establishing standards for qualifications and hours of service of drivers for private carriers as defined by *RCW 81.80.010
(6). Such standards shall correlate with and, as far as reasonable, conform to the regulations contained in Title 49 C.F.R., Chapter 3, Subchapter B, Parts 391 and 395, on July 28, 1985.
[
2005 c 319 s 120
;
1985 c 333 s 1
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
Due to the alphabetization of RCW 81.80.010
pursuant to RCW 1.08.015
(2)(k), subsection (6) was changed to subsection (9).
Findings
—
Intent
—
Part headings
—
Effective dates
—
2005 c 319:
See notes following RCW 43.17.020
.
RCW 46.73.020
Federal funds as necessary condition.
The delegation of rule-making authority contained in RCW 46.73.010
is conditioned upon the continued receipt of federal funds or grants for the support of state enforcement of such rules. Within ninety days of finding that federal funds or grants are withdrawn or not renewed, the Washington state patrol and the Washington utilities and transportation commission shall repeal any and all rules adopted under RCW 46.73.010
.
[
1985 c 333 s 2
.]
RCW 46.73.030
Penalty.
A violation of any rule adopted by the Washington state patrol under RCW 46.73.010
is a traffic infraction.
[
1985 c 333 s 3
.]
RCW 46.90.005
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to encourage highway safety and uniform traffic laws by authorizing the department of licensing to adopt a comprehensive compilation of sound, uniform traffic laws to serve as a guide which local authorities may adopt by reference or any part thereof, including all future amendments or additions thereto. Any local authority which adopts that body of rules by reference may at any time exclude any section or sections of those rules that it does not desire to include in its local traffic ordinance. The rules are not intended to deny any local authority its legislative power, but rather to enhance safe and efficient movement of traffic throughout the state by having current, uniform traffic laws available.
[
1993 c 400 s 1
;
1975 1st ex.s. c 54 s 1
.]
NOTES:
Effective dates
—
1993 c 400:
"(1) Sections 3 through 5 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [May 15, 1993].
(2) Sections 1 and 2 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1993.
(3) Section 6 of this act takes effect July 1, 1994." [
1993 c 400 s 7
.]
RCW 46.90.010
Adoption of model traffic ordinance
—
Amendments.
In consultation with the chief of the Washington state patrol and the traffic safety commission, the director shall adopt in accordance with chapter
34.05
RCW a model traffic ordinance for use by any city, town, or county. The addition of any new section to, or amendment or repeal of any section in, the model traffic ordinance is deemed to amend any city, town, or county, ordinance which has adopted by reference the model traffic ordinance or any part thereof, and it shall not be necessary for the legislative authority of any city, town, or county to take any action with respect to such addition, amendment, or repeal notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 35.21.180, 35A.12.140, 35A.13.180, and
36.32.120
(7).
[
1993 c 400 s 2
;
1975 1st ex.s. c 54 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Effective dates
—
1993 c 400:
See note following RCW 46.90.005
.
RCW 46.98.010
Continuation of existing law.
The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
[
1961 c 12 s 46.98.010
.]
RCW 46.98.020
Provisions to be construed in pari materia.
The provisions of this title shall be construed in pari materia even though as a matter of prior legislative history they were not originally enacted in the same statute. The provisions of this title shall also be construed in pari materia with the provisions of Title
47
RCW, and with other laws relating to highways, roads, streets, bridges, ferries and vehicles. This section shall not operate retroactively.
[
1961 c 12 s 46.98.020
.]
RCW 46.98.030
Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.
Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.
[
1961 c 12 s 46.98.030
.]
RCW 46.98.040
Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
If any provision of this title or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[
1961 c 12 s 46.98.040
.]
RCW 46.98.050
Repeals and saving
—
1961 c 12.
See
1961 c 12 s 46.98.050
.
RCW 46.98.060
Emergency
—
1961 c 12.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing institutions and shall take effect immediately.
[
1961 c 12 s 46.98.060
.]
RCW 47.22.010
East Pacific highway.
There is hereby established the east Pacific highway which shall be composed of the following existing highway routes: Beginning on state route number 5 at or near Centralia; thence by way of state route number 5 to its junction with state route number 12 or by way of state route number 507 between Centralia and Tenino; thence on state route number 507 to Roy junction with state route number 7; thence on state route number 7 to a junction with state route number 512; thence on state route number 512 to Puyallup; thence on state route numbers 410 and 167 to Sumner, Auburn, Kent and Renton; thence on state route number 405 to Kirkland; thence on state route number 405 north to a junction with state route number 522; thence on state route number 522 to a junction with state route number 9 northeast of Woodinville; and thence on state route number 9 to Snohomish, Arlington, Sedro Woolley, and to a junction with state route number 542 at Deming; thence westerly on state route 542 to a junction with state route number 9 at Lawrence; thence on state route number 9 via Sumas, to the Canadian international boundary.
[
1970 ex.s. c 51 s 175
;
1961 c 13 s 47.22.010
. Prior:
1951 c 273 s 1
.]
RCW 47.22.020
Lewis and Clark Highway.
There is established the Lewis and Clark Highway, which shall be composed of the following existing routes: State route 193 from the junction of state route 12 at Clarkston to Wawawai River Road; state route 12 from Clarkston to Waitsburg; state route 124 from Waitsburg to Pasco (west); state route 12 from Pasco to Waitsburg via Wallula and Walla Walla (east); state routes 395 and 82 from state route 12, through the Tri-Cities region, to the junction at state route 14; state route 14 from the junction of state routes 395 and 82 to Maryhill; state routes 14 and 5 from Maryhill to state route 432 through Longview to state route 4; state route 4 from Longview to the junction with state route 101 near the vicinity of Johnson's landing; state route 401 from Naselle junction to Megler; state route 101 from Megler through Ilwaco and Seaview to the junction with state route 4; state route spur/alternate state route 101; state route loop 100; state route spur 100; and state route 103.
[
1999 c 57 s 1
;
1970 ex.s. c 51 s 176
;
1967 ex.s. c 145 s 13
;
1961 c 13 s 47.22.020
. Prior:
1955 c 178 s 1
.]
RCW 47.82.010
Service improvement program.
The department, in conjunction with local jurisdictions, shall coordinate as appropriate with the designated metropolitan planning organizations to develop a program for improving Amtrak passenger rail service. The program may include:
(1) Determination of the appropriate level of Amtrak passenger rail service;
(2) Implementation of higher train speeds for Amtrak passenger rail service, where safety considerations permit;
(3) Recognition, in the state's long-range planning process, of potential higher speed intercity passenger rail service, while monitoring socioeconomic and technological conditions as indicators for higher speed systems; and
(4) Identification of existing intercity rail rights-of-way which may be used for public transportation corridors in the future.
[
1990 c 43 s 36
.]
RCW 47.82.020
Depot upgrading.
The department shall, when feasible, assist local jurisdictions in upgrading Amtrak depots. Multimodal use of these facilities shall be encouraged.
[
1990 c 43 s 37
.]
RCW 47.82.030
Service extension.
(1) The department, in conjunction with local jurisdictions, shall coordinate as appropriate with designated metropolitan and provincial transportation organizations to pursue resumption of Amtrak service from Seattle to Vancouver, British Columbia, via Everett, Mount Vernon, and Bellingham.
(2) The department, in conjunction with local jurisdictions, shall study potential Amtrak service on the following routes:
(a) Daytime Spokane-Wenatchee-Everett-Seattle service;
(b) Daytime Spokane-Tri-Cities-Vancouver-Portland service;
(c) Tri-Cities-Yakima-Ellensburg-Seattle service, if the Stampede Pass route is reopened; and
(d) More frequent Portland-Vancouver-Kelso-Centralia-Olympia-Tacoma-Seattle service or increments thereof.
[
1990 c 43 s 38
.]
RCW 47.82.040
Coordination with other rail systems and common carriers.
The department, with other state and local agencies shall coordinate as appropriate with designated metropolitan planning organizations to provide public information with respect to common carrier passenger transportation. This information may include maps, routes, and schedules of passenger rail service, local transit agencies, air carriers, private ground transportation providers, and international, state, and local ferry services.
The state shall continue its cooperative relationship with Amtrak and Canadian passenger rail systems.
[
1990 c 43 s 39
.]
RCW 47.82.900
Construction
—
Severability
—
Headings
—
1990 c 43.
See notes following RCW 81.100.010
.
RCW 48.27.010
Over-insurance prohibited.
(1) Over-insurance shall be deemed to exist if property or an insurable interest therein is insured by one or more insurance contracts against the same hazard in any amount in excess of the fair value of the property or of such interest, as determined as of the effective date of the insurance or of any renewal thereof, or in those instances when insured value is for improvements and land.
(2) For the purposes of this section only the term "fair value" means the cost of replacement less such depreciation as is properly applicable to the subject insured.
(3) No person shall knowingly require, request, issue, place, procure, or accept any insurance contract which would result in over-insurance of the property or interest therein proposed to be insured, except as is provided in RCW 48.27.020
.
(4) No person shall compel an insured or applicant for insurance to procure property insurance in an amount in excess of the amount which could reasonably be expected to be paid under the policy (or combination of policies) in the event of a loss, whether such insurance is required in connection with a loan or otherwise.
(5) Each violation of this section shall subject the violator to the penalties provided by this code.
[
1984 c 6 s 1
; 1947 c 79 s .27.01; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.27.01.]
RCW 48.27.020
Replacement insurance.
By any contract of insurance of property or of any insurable interest therein, the insurer may in connection with a special provision or endorsement made a part of the policy insure the cost of repair or replacement of such property, if damaged or destroyed by a hazard insured against, and without deduction of depreciation, subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be made by the commissioner.
[
1951 c 194 s 1
; 1947 c 79 s .27.02; formerly Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.27.02.]
RCW 48.27.030
Policy does not cover flood damage
—
Notice to policyholder.
(1) Every insurer issuing a homeowner, condominium unit owner, residential tenant, and residential fire insurance policy that does not cover damage caused by flood must notify the policyholder that the policy does not cover damage caused by flood. The notice must also inform the policyholder how to contact the national flood insurance program ("NFIP") or one of the NFIP's agents. This notice must be provided:
(a) At the time the policy is issued; and
(b) At the time the policy is renewed.
(2) The following language, when combined with current information about how to contact the NFIP or its agent, satisfies the notice requirements of this section:
"This policy does not cover damage to your property caused by flooding. The federal government offers flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program to residents of communities that participate in its program. You can learn more about the National Flood Insurance Program at www.floodsmart.gov or by calling (888) 379-9531."
(3) Nothing in this section invalidates a flood exclusion, or any other exclusion, in an insurance policy subject to this section.
[
2009 c 14 s 1
.]
RCW 48.28.010
Requirements deemed met by surety insurer.
Whenever by law or by rule of any court, public official, or public body, any surety bond, recognizance, obligation, stipulation or undertaking is required or is permitted to be given, any such bond, recognizance, obligation, stipulation, or undertaking which is otherwise proper and the conditions of which are guaranteed by an authorized surety insurer, or by an unauthorized surety insurer as a surplus line pursuant to chapter
48.15
RCW of this code, shall be approved and accepted and shall be deemed to fulfill all requirements as to number of sureties, residence or status of sureties, and other similar requirements, and no justification by such surety shall be necessary.
[1947 c 79 s .28.01; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.28.01.]
RCW 48.28.020
Fiduciary bonds
—
Premium as lawful expense.
Any fiduciary required by law to give bonds, may include as part of his or her lawful expense to be allowed by the court or official by whom he or she was appointed, the reasonable amount paid as premium for such bonds to the authorized surety insurer or to the surplus line surety insurer which issued or guaranteed such bonds.
[
2009 c 549 s 7117
;
1955 c 30 s 1
. Prior: 1947 c 79 s .28.02; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.28.02.]
RCW 48.28.030
Judicial bonds
—
Premium as part of recoverable costs.
In any proceeding the party entitled to recover costs may include therein such reasonable sum as was paid to such surety insurer as premium for any bond or undertaking required therein, and as may be allowed by the court having jurisdiction of such proceeding.
[
1955 c 30 s 2
. Prior: 1947 c 79 s .28.03; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.28.03.]
NOTES:
Rules of court:
Cf. RAP 14.3, 18.22.
RCW 48.28.040
Official bonds
—
Payment of premiums.
The premium for bonds given by such surety insurers for appointive or elective public officers and for such of their deputies or employees as are required to give bond shall be paid by the state, political subdivision, or public body so served.
[
1955 c 30 s 3
. Prior: 1947 c 79 s .28.04; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.28.04.]
RCW 48.28.050
Release from liability.
A surety insurer may be released from its liability on the same terms and conditions as are provided by law for the release of individuals as sureties.
[1947 c 79 s .28.05; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.28.05.]
RCW 48.58.010
Riot reinsurance reimbursement
—
Assessments.
(1) The commissioner may reimburse the secretary of the department of housing and urban development under the provisions of Section 1223(a)(1) of the Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-448) for losses reinsured by the secretary of the department of housing and urban development and occurring in this state on or after August 1, 1968. After receipt by the state treasurer of a statement requesting reimbursement from the secretary of the department of housing and urban development and upon certification promptly made by the commissioner of insurance, hereafter referred to as the commissioner, of the correctness of the amount thereof, the commissioner is hereby authorized to provide for an assessment upon insurers authorized to do business in this state in amounts sufficient to pay reimbursement to the secretary of the department of housing and urban development: PROVIDED, That the amount assessed each insurer shall be in the same proportion that the premiums written by each insurer in this state bear to the aggregate premiums written in this state by all insurance companies on those lines for which reinsurance was available in this state from the secretary of the department of housing and urban development during the preceding calendar year.
(2) In the event any insurer fails, by reason of insolvency, to pay any assessment as provided herein, the amount assessed each insurer, as computed under subsection (1) of this section, shall be immediately recalculated excluding therefrom the insolvent insurer so that its assessment is, in effect, assumed and redistributed among the remaining insurers.
(3) When assessments as provided herein are made, the individual insurer, after having paid the full amount assessed against the insurer, may deduct from future premium tax liabilities an amount not to exceed twenty percent per annum until such deductions equal the amount of the assessment levied against the insurer.
(4) This section shall cease to be of any force and effect upon termination of the Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-448), except that obligations incurred pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be impaired by the expiration of the same.
(5) Notwithstanding the termination of the Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-448), the commissioner is authorized to continue in force the program developed in response to that act, the Washington essential property insurance inspection and placement program, in order to provide essential property insurance within the state where it cannot be obtained through the normal insurance market.
[
1987 c 128 s 1
;
1980 c 32 s 9
;
1969 ex.s. c 140 s 1
.]
RCW 48.68.005
Intent
—
Health care savings accounts authorized.
(1) This chapter shall be known as the health care savings account act.
(2) The legislature recognizes that the costs of health care are increasing rapidly and most individuals are removed from participating in the purchase of their health care.
As a result, it becomes critical to encourage and support solutions to alleviate the demand for diminishing state resources. In response to these increasing costs in health care spending, the legislature intends to clarify that health care savings accounts may be offered as health benefit options to all residents as incentives to reduce unnecessary health services utilization, administration, and paperwork, and to encourage individuals to be in charge of and participate directly in their use of service and health care spending. To alleviate the possible impoverishment of residents requiring long-term care, health care savings accounts may promote savings for long-term care and provide incentives for individuals to protect themselves from financial hardship due to a long-term health care need.
(3) Health care savings accounts are authorized in Washington state as options to employers and residents.
[
1995 c 265 s 2
.]
NOTES:
Captions not law
—
Effective dates
—
Savings
—
Severability
—
1995 c 265:
See notes following RCW 70.47.015
.
RCW 48.68.010
Duties of governor and responsible agencies
—
Chapter to remain in effect.
The governor and responsible agencies shall:
(1) Request that the United States congress amend the internal revenue code to treat premiums and contributions to health benefits plans, such as health care savings account programs, basic health plans, conventional and standard health plans offered through a health carrier, by employers, self-employed persons, and individuals, as fully excluded employer expenses and deductible from individual adjusted gross income for federal tax purposes.
(2) Request that the United States congress amend the internal revenue code to exempt from federal income tax interest that accrues in health care savings accounts until such money is withdrawn for expenditures other than eligible health expenses as defined in law.
(3) If all federal statute or regulatory waivers necessary to fully implement this chapter have not been obtained by July 1, 1995, this chapter shall remain in effect.
[
1995 c 265 s 3
.]
NOTES:
Captions not law
—
Effective dates
—
Savings
—
Severability
—
1995 c 265:
See notes following RCW 70.47.015
.
RCW 48.70.010
Legislative intent.
This chapter shall be known as the specified disease insurance act and is intended to govern the content and sale of specified disease insurance as defined in this chapter. This chapter applies in addition to, rather than in place of, other requirements of Title
48
RCW. It is the intent of the legislature to guarantee that specified disease policies issued, delivered, or used in this state provide a reasonable level of benefits to the policyholders. This chapter shall be applied broadly to ensure achievement of its aim.
[
1982 c 181 s 20
.]
RCW 48.70.020
Definitions
—
Rules.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Specified disease policy" refers to any insurance policy or contract which provides benefits to a policyholder only in the event that the policyholder contracts the disease or diseases specifically named in the policy.
(2) "Loss ratio" means the incurred claims as a percentage of the earned premium, computed under rules adopted by the commissioner. Earned premiums and incurred claims shall be computed under rules adopted by the commissioner.
[
1982 c 181 s 21
.]
RCW 48.70.030
Expected returns to policyholders
—
Rules.
(1) Commencing with reports for the accounting periods beginning on or after July 1, 1983, specified disease policies shall be expected to return to policyholders in the form of aggregate loss ratios under the policy:
(a) At least seventy-five percent of the earned premiums in the case of group policies; and
(b) At least sixty percent of the earned  premiums in the case of individual policies.
(2) For the purpose of this section, specified disease insurance policies issued as a result of solicitation of individuals through the mail or mass media advertising, including both print and broadcast advertising, shall be treated as individual policies.
(3) By July 1, 1983, the commissioner shall adopt rules sufficient to accomplish the provisions of this section.
[
1982 c 181 s 22
.]
RCW 48.70.040
Rules required.
By July 1, 1983, the commissioner shall adopt all rules necessary to ensure that specified disease policies provide a reasonable level of benefits to policyholders, and that purchasers and potential purchasers of such policies are fully informed of the level of benefits provided.
[
1982 c 181 s 23
.]
RCW 48.70.900
Application of chapter.
This chapter shall apply to all policies issued on or after July 1, 1983. This chapter shall not apply to services provided by health care service contractors as defined in RCW 48.44.010
.
[
1982 c 181 s 24
.]
RCW 49.22.010
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Department" means the department of labor and industries.
(2) "Late night retail establishment" means any business or commercial establishment making sales to the public between the hours of eleven o'clock p.m. and six o'clock a.m., except restaurants, hotels, taverns, or any lodging facility.
(3) "Employer" means the operator, lessee, or franchisee of a late night retail establishment.
[
1989 c 357 s 1
.]
RCW 49.22.020
Late night retail establishments
—
Duties.
In addition to providing crime prevention training as provided in *section 2 of this act, all employers operating late night retail establishments shall:
(1) Post a conspicuous sign in the window or door which states that there is a safe on the premises and it is not accessible to the employees on the premises and that the cash register contains only the minimal amount of cash needed to conduct business: PROVIDED, That an employer shall not be subject to penalties under RCW 49.22.030
for having moneys in the cash register in excess of the minimal amount needed to conduct business;
(2) So arrange all material posted in the window or door so as to provide a clear and unobstructed view of the cash register, provided the cash register is otherwise in a position visible from the street;
(3) Have a drop-safe, limited access safe, or comparable device on the premises; and
(4) Operate the outside lights for that portion of the parking area that is necessary to accommodate customers during all night hours the late night retail establishment is open, if the late night retail establishment has a parking area for its customers.
[
1989 c 357 s 3
.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note:
"Section 2 of this act" was vetoed by the governor.
RCW 49.22.030
Enforcement.
The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented and enforced, including rules, citations, violations, penalties, appeals, and other administrative procedures by the director of the department of labor and industries pursuant to the Washington industrial safety and health act of 1973, chapter
49.17
RCW.
[
1989 c 357 s 4
.]
RCW 49.22.900
Effective date
—
Implementation
—
1989 c 357.
This act shall take effect January 1, 1990. The director of the department of labor and industries may immediately take such steps as are necessary to ensure that this act is implemented on its effective date.
[
1989 c 357 s 7
.]
RCW 49.90.010
Sensory disabilities
—
State agencies
—
Need for service animal training
—
Definition.
(1) Within this section, "sensory disability" means a sensory condition that materially limits, contributes to limiting, or, if not corrected or accommodated, will probably result in limiting an individual's activities or functioning.
(2) The office of financial management shall adopt rules that authorize state agencies to provide allowances to employees with sensory disabilities who must attend training necessary to attain a new service animal. The employee's absence must be treated in the same manner as that granted to employees who are absent to attend training that supports or improves their job performance, except that the employee shall not be eligible for reimbursement under RCW 43.03.050
or
43.03.060
. The office of financial management shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
(3) If the necessity to attend training for a new service animal is foreseeable and the training will cause the employee to miss work, the employee shall provide the employer with not less than thirty days' notice, before the date the absence is to begin, of the employee's impending absence. If the date of the training requires the absence to begin in less than thirty days, the employee shall provide notice as is practicable.
(4) An agency may require that a request to attend service animal training be supported by a certification issued by the relevant training organization. The employee must provide, in a timely manner, a copy of the certification to the agency. Certification provided under this section is sufficient if it states: (a) The date on which the service animal training session is scheduled to commence; and (b) the session's duration.
[
2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 465
;
2009 c 294 s 5
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
Purpose
—
2011 1st sp.s. c 43:
See notes following RCW 43.19.003
.
Effective date
—
2009 c 294:
"This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 30, 2009]." [
2009 c 294 s 11
.]
RCW 49.100.005
Intent
—
2022 c 271.
(1) The Washington state legislature is purposefully designed to be a part-time legislature to provide people from all areas of life the opportunity to participate. All businesses and industries, in the private and public sector, benefit when the legislature is made up of the broadest possible representation.
(2) It is a significant public policy to encourage citizens to serve in the legislature.
(3) Other states have enacted legislation addressing the duties and responsibilities of legislators and prospective legislators in relation to their regular employment. It is the intent of chapter 271, Laws of 2022 to address potential uncertainties that can occur between employers and employees who are part-time legislators because of the time requirements of the legislature.
[
2022 c 271 s 1
.]
RCW 49.100.010
"Employer" defined.
For the purposes of this chapter, "employer" means: (1) The state, state institutions, and state agencies; and (2) any unit of local government including, but not limited to, a county, city, town, municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, or political subdivision.
[
2022 c 271 s 2
.]
RCW 49.100.020
Employer must grant a temporary leave of absence to an employee performing an official duty as a member of the legislature.
(1) An employer must grant a temporary leave of absence without loss of job status or seniority to an employee who is a member of the state legislature in order for that employee to perform any official duty as a member of the legislature during regular and special legislative sessions.
(2) The leave of absence under this chapter may be unpaid leave. However, an employee may elect to substitute any accrued paid leave to which the employee is entitled for any part of the leave provided under this chapter.
(3) An employer may not discharge or threaten to discharge an employee for taking a leave of absence under this chapter.
[
2022 c 271 s 3
.]
RCW 49.100.030
Employee must provide notice of intent to take leave.
(1) An employee who seeks leave under this chapter must provide the employer with notice of the employee's intention to take leave at least 30 days before a regular legislative session.
(2) When a special legislative session is called, the employee must provide notice to the employer as soon as the governor or legislature proclaims the special legislative session.
[
2022 c 271 s 4
.]
RCW 49.100.040
Violation of chapter
—
Civil action authorized.
If an employer violates the provisions of this chapter, the employee may only bring a civil action, at his or her own expense, in superior court for an order requiring the reinstatement of the employee. Public resources may not be used, directly or indirectly, to bring or maintain a civil action under this section.
[
2022 c 271 s 5
.]
RCW 50.08.010
Employment security department established.
There is established the employment security department for the state, to be administered by a commissioner. The commissioner shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and shall hold office at the pleasure of, and receive such compensation for his or her services as may be fixed by, the governor.
[
2010 c 8 s 13011
;
1953 ex.s. c 8 s 3
;
1947 c 215 s 8
;
1945 c 35 s 38
; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 9998-176. Prior:
1939 c 12 s 1
;
1937 c 162 s 12
.]
RCW 50.08.020
Divisions established.
There are hereby established in the employment security department two coordinate divisions to be known as the unemployment compensation division, and the Washington state employment service division, each of which shall be administered by a full time salaried supervisor who shall be an assistant to the commissioner and shall be appointed by him or her. Each division shall be responsible to the commissioner for the dispatch of its distinctive functions. Each division shall be a separate administrative unit with respect to personnel, budget, and duties, except insofar as the commissioner may find that such separation is impracticable.
It is hereby further provided that the governor in his or her discretion may delegate any or all of the organization, administration, and functions of the said Washington state employment service division to any federal agency.
[
2010 c 8 s 13012
;
1973 1st ex.s. c 158 s 1
;
1947 c 215 s 9
;
1945 c 35 s 39
; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 9998-177. Prior:
1943 c 127 s 9
;
1939 c 214 s 7
;
1937 c 162 s 9
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
—
1973 1st ex.s. c 158:
"This 1973 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect on July 1, 1973." [
1973 1st ex.s. c 158 s 21
.]
RCW 50.08.030
Administration of family services and programs.
The commissioner shall administer family services and programs to promote the state's policy as provided in RCW 74.14A.025
.
[
1992 c 198 s 10
.]
RCW 51.98.010
Continuation of existing law.
The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
[
1961 c 23 s 51.98.010
.]
RCW 51.98.020
Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.
Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.
[
1961 c 23 s 51.98.020
.]
RCW 51.98.030
Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section shall affect or invalidate any of the provisions of RCW 51.04.090
.
[
1961 c 23 s 51.98.030
.]
RCW 51.98.040
Repeals and saving.
See
1961 c 23 s 51.98.040
.
RCW 51.98.050
Emergency
—
1961 c 23.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.
[
1961 c 23 s 51.98.050
.]
RCW 51.98.060
Effective dates
—
1971 ex.s. c 289.
The provisions of this 1971 amendatory act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect on July 1, 1971: PROVIDED, That RCW 51.08.070
as amended by section 1 of this 1971 amendatory act, RCW 51.12.010
as amended in section 2 of this 1971 amendatory act, RCW 51.12.020
as amended in section 3 of this 1971 amendatory act and RCW 51.16.110
as amended in section 4 of this 1971 amendatory act shall take effect and become operative without any further action of the legislature on January 1, 1972.
[
1971 ex.s. c 289 s 90
.]
RCW 51.98.070
Severability
—
1971 ex.s. c 289.
If any provision of this 1971 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section shall affect or invalidate any of the provisions of RCW 51.04.090
.
[
1971 ex.s. c 289 s 91
.]
RCW 52.10.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
Actions taken under chapter
52.10
RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter
36.93
RCW.
[
1989 c 84 s 45
.]
RCW 52.10.010
Dissolution
—
Election method.
Fire protection districts may be dissolved by a majority vote of the registered electors of the district at an election conducted by the election officials of the county or counties in which the district is located in accordance with the general election laws of the state. The proceedings for dissolution may be initiated by the adoption of a resolution by the board of commissioners of the district calling for the dissolution. The dissolution of the district shall not cancel outstanding obligations of the district or of a local improvement district within the district, and the county legislative authority or authorities of the county or counties in which the district was located may make annual levies against the lands within the district until the obligations of the districts are paid. When the obligations are fully paid, all moneys in district funds and all collections of unpaid district taxes shall be transferred to the expense fund of the county. Where the fire protection district that was dissolved was located in more than one county, the amount of money transferred to the expense fund of each county shall be in direct proportion to the amount of assessed valuation of the fire protection district that was located in each county at the time of its dissolution.
[
1989 c 63 s 19
;
1984 c 230 s 15
;
1939 c 34 s 46
; RRS s 5654-146. Formerly RCW 52.04.155
.]
NOTES:
Dissolution of special purpose districts: Chapters
36.96
and
53.48
RCW.
RCW 53.16.015
Redrawing commissioner district boundaries
—
Conditions.
The port commission of a port district that uses commissioner districts may redraw the commissioner district boundaries as provided in chapter
29A.76
RCW or RCW 29A.92.040
or
29A.92.110
at any time and submit the redrawn boundaries to the county auditor if the port district is not coterminous with a county that has the same number of county legislative authority districts as the port has port commissioners. The new commissioner districts shall be used at the next election at which a port commissioner is regularly elected that occurs at least one hundred eighty days after the redrawn boundaries have been submitted. Each commissioner district shall encompass as nearly as possible the same population.
[
2019 c 454 s 9
;
2015 c 53 s 82
;
1994 c 223 s 90
;
1992 c 146 s 10
.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application
—
Effective date
—
2019 c 454:
See notes following RCW 29A.92.050
.
RCW 53.16.020
Notice of hearing on revision.
The revision of boundary lines provided for in this chapter shall be made only at a meeting of the board of port commissioners with attendance of all of the members of the commission, which meeting shall be public, following notice of said meeting, and the purpose thereof published in a newspaper of general circulation within the port district, or, if there be no such newspaper published within the district, in a newspaper published at the county seat of the county in which such port district is located. Such notice shall be published not less than twice, the date of the first publication to be not less than fifteen nor more than twenty days prior to the date fixed for said hearing, and shall state the time, place and purpose of the hearing.
[
1933 c 145 s 3
; RRS s 9708-3.]
RCW 53.16.030
Change of district boundaries
—
Effect on term of office.
Any change of boundary lines provided for in this chapter shall not affect the term for which a commissioner shall hold office at the time the change is made. If the port district commission is redrawing the commissioner district boundaries pursuant to RCW 29A.92.040
or
29A.92.110, each commissioner position is subject to election at the next general election.
[
2019 c 454 s 10
;
1992 c 146 s 11
;
1933 c 145 s 4
; RRS s 9704-8.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application
—
Effective date
—
2019 c 454:
See notes following RCW 29A.92.050
.
RCW 53.44.010
Funding and refunding authorized.
The board of commissioners of any port district of the state may fund or refund any of the general bonded indebtedness and/or warrants of the district now or hereafter existing and accrued interest thereon, and may combine various series and/or issues of warrants and/or bonds into a single issue of funding or refunding bonds, by the issuance of general obligation funding or refunding bonds, when the board, by resolution, finds, determines, and declares that such proposed funding or refunding will inure to the benefit and credit of the district and will not result in an increase of the district's indebtedness or in an increase in the rate of interest borne by the indebtedness so funded or refunded. Such funding or refunding may be accomplished by the sale of said funding or refunding bonds or by their exchange for the bonds and/or warrants to be refunded. General obligation bonds of a port district which do not provide for prior redemption, may also be refunded with the consent of the holders thereof. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with chapter
39.46
RCW.
[
1984 c 186 s 42
;
1947 c 239 s 1
; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 5623-1.]
NOTES:
Purpose
—
1984 c 186:
See note following RCW 39.46.110
.
RCW 53.44.030
Maturities
—
Payment.
Such funding or refunding bonds shall run for a period of not exceeding twenty years from date thereof. The board may apply to the payment of the funding or refunding bonds and to the prior redemption thereof any other moneys or funds belonging to the district which are legally available for such purpose.
[
1984 c 186 s 43
;
1947 c 239 s 3
; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 5623-3.]
NOTES:
Purpose
—
1984 c 186:
See note following RCW 39.46.110
.
RCW 53.49.010
Port districts in counties with populations of from eight thousand to less than twelve thousand
—
Disposition of funds.
Whenever any port district located in any county with a population of from eight thousand to less than twelve thousand shall be dissolved and disestablished or is about to be dissolved and disestablished and any sums of money remain in any of its funds, the port commissioners are authorized and directed to apply by petition, which may be filed without fee, to the superior court of such county for an order authorizing the transfer of such funds to the school district fund or if there be more than one such district, the school district funds of all districts, which are located within the boundaries of such port district.
[
1991 c 363 s 134
;
1943 c 282 s 1
; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 9718-10. Formerly RCW 53.48.100
.]
NOTES:
Purpose
—
Captions not law
—
1991 c 363:
See notes following RCW 2.32.180
.
RCW 53.49.020
Port districts in counties with populations of from eight thousand to less than twelve thousand
—
Order to transfer funds.
The superior court of any such county shall enter his or her order authorizing such transfer of funds if he or she is satisfied, after hearing the petition therefor, that the port district is dissolved and disestablished or is about to be dissolved and disestablished and that no obligations of the port district remain unpaid. The court shall equitably divide such sums of money between school districts if there be more than one district involved.
[
2010 c 8 s 16019
;
1943 c 282 s 2
; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 9718-11. Formerly RCW 53.48.110
.]