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WA Rev Code § 1.04.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.04 - The Code.|1.04.010 - Revised Code of Washington enacted.

RCW 1.04.010 Revised Code of Washington enacted.The ninety-one titles with chapters and sections designated as the "Revised Code of Washington" and attested by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives of the legislature of the state of Washington, are hereby enacted and designated as the "Revised Code of Washington." Said code is intended to embrace in a revised, consolidated, and codified form and arrangement all the laws of the state of a general and permanent nature.[ 1951 c 5 § 2; 1950 ex.s. c 16 § 1.]NOTES:Creation of new code titles authorized, effect: RCW 1.08.015.
WA Rev Code § 1.04.013 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.04 - The Code.|1.04.013 - 1950 Supplement enacted.

RCW 1.04.013 1950 Supplement enacted.The titles, chapters, and sections designated as the "1950 Supplement to the Revised Code of Washington" attested by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives of the legislature of the state of Washington, and filed with the secretary of state, are hereby enacted and consolidated into and with the Revised Code of Washington. Said 1950 supplement is intended to embrace (1) in a revised and codified form, all those laws of the state of Washington of a general and permanent nature enacted since January 1, 1949, (2) revision and recodification of certain of the titles, chapters, and sections of the revised code, and (3) application of a new system of numbering to all of the sections and certain of the chapters of the revised code, subject to RCW 1.04.014.[ 1951 c 5 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 1.04.014 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.04 - The Code.|1.04.014 - Numbering system adopted—Application.

RCW 1.04.014 Numbering system adopted—Application.The system of numbering employed in the 1950 supplement is hereby adopted as the general system to be followed in designating sections of the revised code. Specific numbers, in accordance with such system, are authorized to be assigned to sections of the revised code as follows:Those chapters and sections of the revised code expressly numbered or renumbered in the 1950 supplement are authorized to be numbered or renumbered to the new number respectively shown in the 1950 supplement. All other sections of the revised code now existing are authorized to be renumbered by tens according to the plan generally used in the 1950 supplement, using the number of the title, the new number, if any, of the chapter in which the section occurs, and adding the digit "0" to the terminal end of the number marking the position of the section within the chapter. The secretary of state shall, before publication of any laws enacted at this session of the legislature which are by their terms expressly amendatory of any section or sections contained in the revised code or the 1950 supplement, renumber each section and correlate the numbers of sections so renumbered, in accordance with this provision, so that each such section when published bears or is referred to by its proper new number. The secretary of state, in publishing the session laws of this thirty-second session of the legislature shall use therein the applicable new numbers of the respective sections so renumbered.[ 1951 c 5 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 1.04.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.04 - The Code.|1.04.015 - Numbering new sections, chapters—Corrections.

RCW 1.04.015 Numbering new sections, chapters—Corrections.New chapters or sections added to the Revised Code of Washington (as supplemented or modified by the 1950 supplement), as the result of laws enacted at this or subsequent sessions of the legislature, shall be numbered in harmony with said general numbering system, and shall bear such respective numbers in accordance therewith as may be assigned by such official or agency as may be expressly authorized by law so to do.This section shall not prohibit or prevent the correction by any such official or agency, of the number of any section of the revised code found clearly to be incorrectly numbered or incorrectly correlated with other sections as to number.[ 1951 c 5 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 1.04.016 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.04 - The Code.|1.04.016 - Expansion of numbering system—Decimal factor.

RCW 1.04.016 Expansion of numbering system—Decimal factor.It is the intent that under said numbering system the section factor of the section number shall be treated as a decimal figure, and where new sections must hereafter in codifying be inserted between sections then already consecutively numbered, the proper number for such new section shall be created by the insertion of an additional digit at the terminal end of the number of the section immediately preceding the location at which such new section is to be inserted.[ 1951 c 5 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 1.04.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.04 - The Code.|1.04.020 - Code as evidence of the law—Rule of construction—Effect of amendment.

RCW 1.04.020 Code as evidence of the law—Rule of construction—Effect of amendment.The contents of the Revised Code of Washington, after striking therefrom sections repealed or superseded by laws of the state of Washington enacted since January 1, 1949, as the revised code is supplemented or modified in the 1950 supplement, shall establish the laws of this state of a general and permanent nature in effect on January 1, 1951; except, that nothing herein shall be construed as changing the meaning of any such laws and, as a rule of construction, in case of any omissions or any inconsistency between any of the provisions of the revised code as so supplemented or modified and the laws existing immediately preceding this enactment, the previously existing laws shall control. Any section of the Revised Code of Washington (as supplemented or modified by the 1950 supplement) expressly amended by the legislature, including the entire context set out, shall, as so amended, constitute the law and the ultimate declaration of legislative intent.[ 1951 c 5 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 1.04.021 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.04 - The Code.|1.04.021 - Rule of construction—Prima facie law.

RCW 1.04.021 Rule of construction—Prima facie law.The contents of said code shall establish prima facie the laws of this state of a general and permanent nature in effect on January 1, 1949, but nothing herein shall be construed as changing the meaning of any such laws. In case of any omissions, or any inconsistency between any of the provisions of said code and the laws existing immediately preceding this enactment, the previously existing laws shall control.[ 1950 ex.s. c 16 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 1.04.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.04 - The Code.|1.04.030 - New laws to be added to code.

RCW 1.04.030 New laws to be added to code.All laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after January 1, 1949, shall, from time to time, be incorporated into and become a part of said code.[ 1950 ex.s. c 16 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 1.04.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.04 - The Code.|1.04.040 - Code may be cited as "RCW."

RCW 1.04.040 Code may be cited as "RCW."The code may be cited by the abbreviation "RCW."[ 1950 ex.s. c 16 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.001 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.001 - Statute law committee created—Membership.

RCW 1.08.001 Statute law committee created—Membership.There is created a permanent statute law committee consisting of eleven members as follows:(1) The secretary of the senate, ex officio;(2) Two members of the senate, one from each of the two largest caucuses in the senate, appointed by the president of the senate;(3) The chief clerk of the house of representatives, ex officio;(4) Two members of the house of representatives, one from each of the two largest caucuses in the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;(5) The staff director of the nonpartisan professional committee staff of the senate, ex officio;(6) The staff director of the nonpartisan professional committee staff of the house of representatives, ex officio;(7) A lawyer admitted to practice in this state, appointed by the board of governors of the Washington State Bar Association;(8) A judge of the supreme court or a lawyer who has been admitted to practice in this state, appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court; and(9) A lawyer staff member of the governor's office or a state agency, appointed by the governor.All such initial appointments shall be made within thirty days of May 11, 2005.[ 2005 c 409 § 1; 1967 ex.s. c 124 § 1; 1959 c 95 § 1; 1955 c 235 § 1; 1953 c 257 § 1; 1951 c 157 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2005 c 409: "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 [May 11, 2005]." [ 2005 c 409 § 5.]Severability—1955 c 235: "If any provision of this 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." [ 1955 c 235 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.003 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.003 - Terms of members—Filling vacancies.

RCW 1.08.003 Terms of members—Filling vacancies.The term of the member of the committee appointed by the State Bar Association, shall be for two years.The term of any ex officio member expires upon expiration of tenure of the position by virtue of which he or she is a member of the committee. The remaining members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled by designation, appointment, or ex officio in the same manner as for the member so vacating, and if a vacancy results other than from expiration of a term, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.[ 2005 c 409 § 2; 1959 c 95 § 2; 1955 c 235 § 2; 1953 c 257 § 2; 1951 c 157 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—2005 c 409: See note following RCW 1.08.001.
WA Rev Code § 1.08.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.005 - Compensation and expenses of members.

RCW 1.08.005 Compensation and expenses of members.For attendance at meetings of the committee or in attending to such other business of the committee as may be authorized thereby, each legislative member of the committee shall receive the per diem and travel allowances provided for such members by RCW 44.04.120, and each other member shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.[ 1984 c 287 § 6; 1969 c 21 § 1; 1951 c 157 § 3.]NOTES:Legislative findings—Severability—Effective date—1984 c 287: See notes following RCW 43.03.220.
WA Rev Code § 1.08.007 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.007 - Committee meetings.

RCW 1.08.007 Committee meetings.The committee shall from time to time elect a chair from among its members and adopt rules to govern its procedures. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business but no proceeding of the committee shall be valid unless carried by the vote of a majority of the members present. The code reviser or a member of his or her staff shall act as secretary of the committee.[ 2011 c 336 § 1; 2005 c 409 § 3; 1953 c 257 § 3; 1951 c 157 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2005 c 409: See note following RCW 1.08.001.
WA Rev Code § 1.08.011 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.011 - Employment of code reviser and staff.

RCW 1.08.011 Employment of code reviser and staff.The committee shall employ on behalf of the state and from time to time fix the compensation of a competent code reviser, with power to terminate any such employment at any time. The committee shall also employ on behalf of the state and fix the compensation of such additional legal and clerical assistance to the code reviser as may reasonably be required under this chapter. The committee shall have general supervision and control over the functions and performance of the code reviser.[ 2005 c 409 § 4; 1951 c 157 § 5.]NOTES:Effective date—2005 c 409: See note following RCW 1.08.001.
WA Rev Code § 1.08.013 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.013 - Code reviser defined.

RCW 1.08.013 Code reviser defined.Code reviser shall mean any lawyer or law publisher employing competent lawyers, each deemed by the committee to be qualified to compile the statutory law of the state of Washington as enacted by the legislature into a code or compilation of laws by title, chapter and section, without substantive change or alteration of purpose or intent.[ 1951 c 157 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.016 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.016 - Code correction—Committee orders.

RCW 1.08.016 Code correction—Committee orders.The committee may at any time by order correct any section or portion of the code in any of the respects enumerated in RCW 1.08.015. Orders shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the committee chair and each order shall be followed by an explanatory note reciting the reason therefor.Unless otherwise prescribed in the orders, each shall become effective ninety days after:(1) Signing of the order; and(2) Filing a summary thereof with the board of governors of the state bar association; and(3) The filing thereof with the secretary of state.[ 2011 c 336 § 2; 1953 c 257 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.017 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.017 - Code reviser may omit certain provisions of legislative acts from code; may omit annotations after ten years.

RCW 1.08.017 Code reviser may omit certain provisions of legislative acts from code; may omit annotations after ten years.(1) The reviser may omit from the code all titles to acts, enacting and repealing clauses, preambles, declarations of emergency, severability, and validity and construction sections unless, in a particular instance, it may be necessary to retain such to preserve the full intent of the law. The omission of validity or construction sections is not intended to, nor shall it change, or be considered as changing, the effect to be given thereto in construing legislation of which such validity and construction sections were a part. Any section so omitted, other than repealing, emergency, severability, or validity provisions, shall be referred to or set forth as an annotation to the applicable sections of the act as codified.(2) The reviser may remove annotations that have appeared in the published Revised Code of Washington for more than ten years, unless in a particular instance, it may be necessary to retain such to preserve the full intent of the law. Any annotations removed under this subsection shall be retained and available in the electronic copy of the Revised Code of Washington available on the code reviser website.(3) Section captions, part headings, subheadings, tables of contents, and indexes appearing in legislative bills shall not be considered any part of the law, and the reviser may omit such provisions from the Revised Code of Washington and annotations unless, in a particular instance, it may be necessary to retain such to preserve the full intent of the law.[ 2009 c 186 § 2; 1955 c 235 § 3; 1951 c 157 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.020 - Code index.

RCW 1.08.020 Code index.The reviser, as soon as practicable, shall compile and thereafter maintain a comprehensive index and from time to time prepare for publication supplements thereto.[ 1953 c 257 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.021 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.021 - Historical records.

RCW 1.08.021 Historical records.The reviser shall prepare and maintain full historical records showing the enactment, amendment, revision, supersession, and repeal of the various sections of the revised code.[ 1951 c 157 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.023 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.023 - Annotations.

RCW 1.08.023 Annotations.The reviser may prepare and maintain complete annotations of court decisions construing the statutes of this state.[ 1951 c 157 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.024 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.024 - Inclusion in code of rules of court.

RCW 1.08.024 Inclusion in code of rules of court.The committee may provide for inclusion in the published sets of the code the rules of court promulgated by the supreme court.[ 1953 c 257 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.025 - Improvement of statutes.

RCW 1.08.025 Improvement of statutes.The committee, or the reviser with the approval of the committee, shall from time to time make written recommendations to the legislature concerning deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in, and need for reorganization or revision of, the statutes, and shall prepare for submission to the legislature, legislation for the correction or removal of such deficiencies, conflicts or obsolete provisions, or to otherwise improve the form or substance of any portion of the statute law of this state as the public interest or the administration of the subject may require.Such or similar projects may also be undertaken at the request of the legislature and legislative interim bodies and if such undertaking will not impede the other functions of the committee.All such proposed legislation shall be annotated so as to show the purposes, reasons, and history thereof.[ 1997 c 41 § 1; 1983 c 52 § 2; 1959 c 95 § 3; 1951 c 157 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.026 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.026 - Examination of code—Hearings—Recommendations to legislature.

RCW 1.08.026 Examination of code—Hearings—Recommendations to legislature.The committee also shall examine the revised code and from time to time submit to the legislature proposals for enactment of the several titles, chapters and sections thereof, to the end that, as expeditiously as possible, the revised code, and each part thereof, shall constitute conclusive, rather than prima facie evidence of the law. Each such proposal shall be accompanied by explanatory matter. The committee may hold hearings concerning any such proposal or concerning recommendations formulated or to be formulated in accordance with RCW 1.08.025. Proposals or recommendations approved by the committee shall be submitted to the chair of the house or senate judiciary committee at the commencement of the next succeeding session of the legislature.[ 2011 c 336 § 3; 1959 c 95 § 4; 1953 c 257 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.027 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.027 - Bill drafting service.

RCW 1.08.027 Bill drafting service.The reviser shall be in charge of and shall at all times maintain an expert bill drafting service for the use and benefit of the legislature, its committees and its members. Prior to any session thereof, the legislature shall provide quarters convenient to both houses and shall augment the reviser's staff with such additional legal and clerical assistance as may be needed to carry out the bill drafting functions of the legislature and pay the cost of such additional staff. Such services shall be confidential and nonpartisan and no member of the bill drafting staff shall advocate for or against any legislative measure.[ 1953 c 257 § 6; 1951 c 157 § 12.]NOTES:Initiative measures, review by code reviser: RCW 29A.72.020.
WA Rev Code § 1.08.028 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.028 - Opinions as to validity or constitutionality.

RCW 1.08.028 Opinions as to validity or constitutionality.Neither the reviser nor any member of his or her staff shall be required to furnish any written opinion as to the validity or constitutionality of any proposed legislation, which he or she may be requested to draft or prepare, nor shall any member of the committee be required to pass upon the constitutionality of any matter submitted to it for consideration.[ 2011 c 336 § 4; 1955 c 235 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.031 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.031 - Information service to legislators.

RCW 1.08.031 Information service to legislators.The reviser shall, to the extent reasonably feasible through available facilities and public sources of information, provide objective and factual information in writing to and upon request of any member of the legislature relative to any matter which is or may be the subject of or involved in, legislation.[ 1951 c 157 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 1.08.033 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1.08 - Statute Law Committee (Code Reviser).|1.08.033 - Reviser's office location.

RCW 1.08.033 Reviser's office location.The department of public institutions shall provide suitable office and storage space and facilities for the reviser and his or her staff at Olympia, at a location convenient to the legislature and to the state law library.[ 2011 c 336 § 5; 1955 c 235 § 5; 1951 c 157 § 15.]NOTES:Reviser's note: Powers and duties of department of public institutions relating to housing of state agencies were repealed by 1955 c 195 § 3 and the director of general administration was vested with these powers and duties in 1955 c 285 § 9. The director of general administration was renamed the director of enterprise services by 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 107.