READ FIRST TIME 02/08/05.   

     AN ACT Relating to camping resort contracts; and amending RCW 19.105.310 and 19.105.325.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 19.105.310 and 1988 c 159 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     Except in transactions exempt under RCW 19.105.325, it is unlawful for any person to market, offer, or sell a camping resort contract in this state or to a Washington state resident unless the camping resort contract is registered and the operator or registrant has received a permit to market the registered contracts under this chapter.

Sec. 2   RCW 19.105.325 and 1988 c 159 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The following transactions are exempt from registration under this chapter:
     (a) An offer or sale by a government or governmental agency;
     (b) A bona fide pledge of a camping resort contract; and
     (c) Offerings and dispositions of up to three resale camping resort contracts by purchasers thereof on their own behalf or by third parties brokering on behalf of purchasers, other than resale contracts forfeited by or placed into an operator's sale inventory. All other sales of resale camping resort contracts by any person or business requires registration under this chapter.
     (2) The director may, by rule or order, exempt any person, wholly or partially, from any or all requirements of this chapter if the director finds the requirements are not necessary for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.