SB 6377-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Requires all applications for renewal of licenses to be postmarked no later than midnight on the date the license expires. All applications for renewal of licenses that are personally presented to the department or sent by electronic means must be received by the department by 5:00 p.m. on the date the license expires.

Provides that a licensee that submits a license renewal application in accordance with this act and the rules and fee schedule adopted under this act shall be deemed to possess a valid license for the year following the expiration date of the expiring license, or until the department suspends or revokes the license pursuant to RCW 70.62.270.

Provides that the license of a licensee that fails to submit a license renewal application in accordance with this act, and the rules and fee schedule adopted under chapter 70.62 RCW, shall become invalid on the thirty-fifth day after the expiration date, unless the licensee shall have corrected any and all deficiencies in the renewal application and paid a penalty fee as established by rule by the department before the thirty-fifth day following the expiration date. An invalid license may be reinstated upon reapplication as an applicant for a new license.