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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5003
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators L. Smith, L. Kreidler, Conner and Snyder).
Read first time March 6, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to adult family homes; adding new sections to chapter 70.128 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 70.128 RCW to read as follows:
A person operating or maintaining an adult family home without a license under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day of a continuing violation after conviction is considered a separate offense.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 70.128 RCW to read as follows:
Notwithstanding the existence or use of any other remedy, the department may, in the manner provided by law, upon the advice of the attorney general who shall represent the department in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction or other process against a person to restrain or prevent the operation or maintenance of an adult family home without a license under this chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 70.128 RCW to read as follows:
The department may commence an action in superior court to enjoin the operation of an adult family home if it finds that conditions there constitute an imminent danger to residents.