CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1853

                        52nd Legislature

                      1991 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 12, 1991

  Yeas 96   Nays 0

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 15, 1991

  Yeas 47   Nays 1

President of the Senate

Approved

Governor of the State of Washington

CERTIFICATE

I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1853 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

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                        Secretary of State   

                       State of Washington  

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                                  HOUSE BILL 1853

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                             AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                     Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives Wang and Holland; by request of Office of Financial Management and Secretary of State.

Read first time February 12, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Revenue.Increasing fees for nonprofit corporation filings.

     AN ACT Relating to nonprofit corporation fees; amending RCW 24.03.405, 24.06.450, and 24.03.388; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 24.03.405 and 1987 c 117 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

     The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:

     (1) Filing articles of incorporation ((and issuing a certificate of incorporation, twenty)) or an application for reinstatement under RCW 24.03.386, thirty dollars.

     (2) Filing articles of amendment or restatement ((and issuing a certificate of amendment or a restated certificate of incorporation, ten)) or an amendment or supplement to an application for reinstatement, twenty dollars.

     (3) Filing articles of merger or consolidation ((and issuing a certificate of merger or consolidation, ten)), twenty dollars.

     (4) Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of registered agent, or revocation, resignation, ((affidavit of nonappointment,)) or any combination of these, ((five)) ten dollars. A separate fee for filing such statement shall not be charged if the statement appears in an amendment to articles of incorporation or in conjunction with the filing of the annual report.

     (5) Filing articles of dissolution, no fee.

     (6) Filing an application of a foreign corporation for a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state ((and issuing a certificate of authority, twenty)), thirty dollars.

     (7) Filing an application of a foreign corporation for an amended certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state ((and issuing an amended certificate of authority, ten)), twenty dollars.

     (8) Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign corporation and issuing a certificate of withdrawal, no fee.

     (9) Filing a certificate by a foreign corporation of the appointment of a registered agent, ((five)) ten dollars.  A separate fee for filing such certificate shall not be charged if the statement appears in conjunction with the filing of the annual report.

     (10) Filing a certificate of election adopting the provisions of chapter 24.03 RCW, twenty dollars.

     (11) Filing an application to reserve a corporate name, ((ten)) twenty dollars.

     (12) Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved corporate name, ((five)) twenty dollars.

     (13) Filing a name registration, twenty dollars per year, or part thereof.

     (14) Filing an annual report of a domestic or foreign corporation, ((five)) ten dollars.

     (15) Filing any other statement or report authorized for filing under this chapter, ten dollars.

     Sec. 2.  RCW 24.06.450 and 1982 c 35 s 154 are each amended to read as follows:

     The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:

     (1) Filing articles of incorporation ((and issuing a certificate of incorporation, twenty)), thirty dollars.

     (2) Filing articles of amendment or restatement ((and issuing a certificate of amendment or a restated certificate of authority, ten)) , twenty dollars.

     (3) Filing articles of merger or consolidation ((and issuing a certificate of merger or consolidation, ten)), twenty dollars.

     (4) Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of registered agent, or revocation, resignation, ((affidavit of nonappointment,)) or any combination of these, ((five)) ten dollars. A separate fee for filing such statement shall not be charged if the statement appears in an amendment to the articles of incorporation or in conjunction with the annual report.

     (5) Filing articles of dissolution, no fee.

     (6) Filing an application of a foreign corporation for a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state ((and issuing a certificate of authority, twenty)), thirty dollars.

     (7) Filing an application of a foreign corporation for an amended certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state ((and issuing an amended certificate of authority, ten)), twenty dollars.

     (8) Filing a copy of an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state, ((ten)) twenty dollars.

     (9) Filing a copy of articles of merger of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state, ((ten)) twenty dollars.

     (10) Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign corporation and issuing a certificate of withdrawal, no fee.

     (11) Filing a certificate by a foreign corporation of the appointment of a registered agent, ((five)) ten dollars.  A separate fee for filing such certificate shall not be charged if the statement appears in an amendment to the articles of incorporation or in conjunction with the annual report.

     (12) Filing a certificate by a foreign corporation of the revocation of the appointment of a registered agent, ((five)) ten dollars.  A separate fee for filing such certificate shall not be charged if the statement appears in an amendment to the articles of incorporation or in conjunction with the annual report.

     (13) Filing an application to reserve a corporate name, ((ten)) twenty dollars.

     (14) Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved corporate name, ((five)) twenty dollars.

     (15) Filing any other statement or report, including an annual report, of a domestic or foreign corporation, ((five)) ten dollars.

     Sec. 3.  RCW 24.03.388 and 1987 c 117 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) An application processing fee ((of twenty-five dollars)) as provided in RCW 24.03.405 shall be charged for an application for reinstatement under RCW 24.03.386.

     (2) An application processing fee ((of ten dollars)) as provided in RCW 24.03.405 shall be charged for each amendment or supplement to an application for reinstatement.

     (3) The corporation seeking reinstatement shall file all annual reports and pay the full amount of all annual corporation fees which would have been assessed for the years of the period of administrative revocation, had the corporation been in active status, including the reinstatement year.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.      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 shall take effect on July 1, 1991.