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                                 SENATE BILL 5175

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators Vognild, Matson, Owen, Anderson, Conner, Sutherland, Williams, Moore, Nelson and Rasmussen.

Read first time January 22, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.Increasing penalties for crimes by unlicensed contractors.

     AN ACT Relating to contractors; amending RCW 18.27.020; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     Sec. 1.  RCW 18.27.020 and 1987 c 362 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) Every contractor shall register with the department.

     (2) It is a gross misdemeanor for any contractor having knowledge of the registration requirements of this chapter to:

     (a) Advertise, offer to do work, submit a bid, or perform any work as a contractor without being registered as required by this chapter;

     (b) Advertise, offer to do work, submit a bid, or perform any work as a contractor when the contractor's registration is suspended; or

     (c) Transfer a valid registration to an unregistered contractor or allow an unregistered contractor to work under a registration issued to another contractor.

     (3) All gross misdemeanor actions under this chapter shall be prosecuted in the county where the infraction occurs.