CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1547
57th Legislature
2001 Regular Session
Passed by the House March 9, 2001 Yeas 98 Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 5, 2001 Yeas 48 Nays 0
President of the Senate
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CERTIFICATE
We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co‑Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1547 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
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Approved
Governor of the State of Washington
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FILED
Sectretary of State State of Washington
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HOUSE BILL 1547
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Passed Legislature ‑ 2001 Regular Session
State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By Representatives Simpson, Bush, Benson, Hatfield, Santos and Keiser; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Read first time 01/29/2001. Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.
_1 AN ACT Relating to licensing insurance agents, brokers,
_2 solicitors, and adjusters; and amending RCW 48.17.090 and
_3 48.17.330.
_4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
_5 Sec. 1. RCW 48.17.090 and 1982 c 181 s 6 are each amended to read
_6 as follows:
_7 (1) Application for any such license shall be made to the
_8 commissioner
upon forms as prescribed and furnished by ((him)) the
_9 commissioner. As a part of or in connection with any such
10 application the applicant shall furnish information concerning his
11 or
her identity, including ((his)) fingerprints, personal history,
12 experience, business record, purposes, and other pertinent facts,
13 as the commissioner may reasonably require.
14 (2) Persons resident in the United States but not in Washington
15 may apply for such a license on a form prepared by the national
16 association of insurance commissioners or others, if those forms
17 are approved by the commissioner by rule. An applicant shall also
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_1 furnish any other information required to be submitted but not
_2 provided for in that form.
_3 (3) Any person willfully misrepresenting any fact required to
_4 be disclosed in any such application shall be liable to penalties
_5 as provided by this code.
_6 (((3)))
(4) If in the process of verifying fingerprints,
_7 business records, or other information the commissioner's office
_8 incurs fees or charges from another governmental agency or from a
_9 business firm, the amount of such fees or charges shall be paid to
10 the commissioner's office by the applicant and shall be considered
11 the recovery of a previous expenditure.
12 Sec. 2. RCW 48.17.330 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 107 s 1 are each
13 amended to read as follows:
14 (1) The commissioner may license as an agent or as a broker, a
15 person
((who is otherwise qualified therefor under this code but))
16 who is not a resident of or domiciled in this state and who holds
17 a corresponding license issued by the state or province of his or
18 her residence or domicile, subject to RCW 48.17.530, if by the
19 laws of the state or province of his or her residence or domicile
20 a similar privilege is extended to residents of or corporations
21 domiciled in this state. As used in this section, "state" means a
22 state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any
23 territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,
24 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands,
25 and the Northern Mariana Islands; and "province" means a province
26 of Canada.
27 (2) Any such licensee shall be subject to the same obligations
28 and limitations, and to the commissioner's supervision as though
29 resident or domiciled in this state, subject to RCW 48.14.040.
30 (3) No such person shall be so licensed unless he or she files
31 the power of attorney provided for in RCW 48.17.340, and, if a
32 corporation, it must have complied with the laws of this state
33 governing the admission of foreign corporations.
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