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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6748

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Senator Metcalf

Read first time 2/5/88 and referred to Committee on Economic Development & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to computer software; and adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     (1) All computer software manufacturers and distributors shall provide a thirty-day, fully refundable, money-back, written guarantee on all computer software packages sold within the state of Washington.

          (2) All computer software manufacturers and distributors shall provide a ninety-day, fully refundable, money-back, written guarantee on all computer software packages sold within the state of Washington which do not perform the functions or have the capabilities as advertised prior to sale.

          (3) All computer software manufacturers and distributors shall provide a ninety-day, fully refundable, money-back, written guarantee on all computer software packages sold within the state of Washington which are incapable of meeting the originally specified needs of the purchaser prior to sale.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     Section 1 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 19 RCW.