CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5484

                   Chapter 357, Laws of 1993

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

       LIEN LAWS‑-PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER PRIOR LAWS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  5/15/93

Passed by the Senate April 20, 1993   YEAS 45   NAYS 0 JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate Passed by the House April 6, 1993   YEAS 97   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5484 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

BRIAN EBERSOLE Speaker of the        House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN                                  Secretary

Approved May 15, 1993 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                            May 15, 1993 - 10:58 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                                     SENATE BILL 5484

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                                                            AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Quigley, Roach, Vognild, Prince, Loveland, Moyer, McAuliffe and L. Smith

Read first time 01/29/93.  Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.

Preserving rights under prior lien laws.

          AN ACT Relating to preservation of rights under prior lien laws; adding a new section to chapter 60.04 RCW; providing a retroactive effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 60.04 RCW to read as follows:

          All rights acquired and liabilities incurred under acts or parts of act repealed by chapter 281, Laws of 1991, are hereby preserved, and all actions pending as of June 1, 1992, shall proceed under the law as it existed at the time chapter 281, Laws of 1991, took effect.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is remedial in nature and shall be applied retroactively to June 1, 1992.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  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 immediately.

          Passed the Senate April 20, 1993.

          Passed the House April 6, 1993.

Approved by the Governor May 15, 1993.

          Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 15, 1993.