FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 6377

C 162 L 04

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Revising provisions relating to renewal of transient accommodation licenses.

Sponsors: Senate Committee on Commerce & Trade (originally sponsored by Senator Honeyford).

Senate Committee on Commerce & Trade

House Committee on Commerce & Labor

Background: Transient accommodations are facilities, such as hotels, motels, resorts, condominiums, etc., that offer "three or more lodging units to travelers and transient guests."

Transient accommodations are regulated by the Department of Health. They must "secure each year an annual operating license" from the department. An application to renew a transient accommodation license must be made 30 days before it expires.

Summary: An application to renew a transient accommodation license must be either (a) postmarked by midnight on the expiration date of the license; or (b) received by the department by 5:00 p.m. on the expiration date of the license, if the application is electronically submitted or physically presented to the department.

An application for renewal that is late or otherwise deficient does not invalidate the underlying license, as long as the deficiencies are corrected within five weeks of the expiration date of the license.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate       48  0

House       92  4

Effective: June 10, 2004