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SENATE BILL NO. 6182
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
C 285 L 88
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1988 Regular Session
By Senator McCaslin
Read first time 1/14/88 and referred to Committee on Economic Development & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to contractors' registration; amending RCW 18.27.080; and reenacting and amending RCW 18.27.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 3, chapter 77, Laws of 1963 as last amended by section 9, chapter 111, Laws of 1987 and by section 2, chapter 362, Laws of 1987 and RCW 18.27.030 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
An applicant for registration as a contractor shall submit an application under oath upon a form to be prescribed by the director and which shall include the following information pertaining to the applicant:
(1) Employer social security number.
(2) Industrial insurance number.
(3) Employment security department number.
(4) State excise tax registration number.
(5) Unified business identifier (UBI) account number may be substituted for the information required by subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section.
(6) Type of contracting activity, whether a general or a specialty contractor and if the latter, the type of specialty.
(7) The name and address of each partner if the applicant be a firm or partnership, or the name and address of the owner if the applicant be an individual proprietorship, or the name and address of the corporate officers and statutory agent, if any, if the applicant be a corporation. The information contained in such application shall be a matter of public record and open to public inspection.
Registration
shall be denied if the applicant has been previously registered as a sole
proprietor, partnership or corporation, and was a principal or officer of the
corporation, and if the applicant has an unsatisfied final judgment((s
or summons and complaints not dismissed that were filed pursuant to)) in
an action based on RCW 18.27.040((, and that were)) that
incurred during a previous registration under this chapter.
Sec. 2. Section 8, chapter 77, Laws of 1963 as amended by section 3, chapter 118, Laws of 1972 ex. sess. and RCW 18.27.080 are each amended to read as follows:
No person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a contractor may bring or maintain any action in any court of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of any work or for breach of any contract for which registration is required under this chapter without alleging and proving that he was a duly registered contractor and held a current and valid certificate of registration at the time he contracted for the performance of such work or entered into such contract. For the purposes of this section, the court shall not find a contractor in substantial compliance with the registration requirements of this chapter unless: (1) The department has on file the information required by RCW 18.27.030; (2) the contractor has a current bond or other security as required by RCW 18.27.040; and (3) the contractor has current insurance as required by RCW 18.27.050. In determining under this section whether a contractor is in substantial compliance with the registration requirements of this chapter, the court shall take into consideration the length of time during which the contractor did not hold a valid certificate of registration.