CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5003

 

 

                               

 

 

 

                        52nd Legislature

                      1991 Regular Session

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 19, 1991

  Yeas 49   Nays 0

 

 

                                   

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 11, 1991

  Yeas 95   Nays 0

 

 

                                   

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                   

Governor of the State of Washington

       CERTIFICATE

 

I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5003 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

                                      Secretary

 

 

 

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                        Secretary of State   

                       State of Washington  




 

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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5003

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                     Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

 

 

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.Providing penalties and remedies for a person operating an adult family home without a license.

     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.