HB 2053-S - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 3RD SUB)

Requires each corporation or entity that owns, operates, or franchises ten or more motor fuel retail outlets within a single county to, in one of every ten of its motor fuel retail outlets, install appropriate wiring and transfer switches capable of operating all fuel pumps and payment acceptance equipment using an alternate generated power source in the event of an electric power outage or interruption in electric service.

Provides that a corporation or entity that owns, operates, or franchises ten or more motor fuel retail outlets within a single county that fails to comply with the requirements of this act commits a class 1 civil infraction as provided in RCW 7.80.120.

Provides that, in addition to the penalty provided for in this act, in the event of a power outage caused by a disaster, a corporation or entity that owns, operates, or franchises ten or more motor fuel retail outlets within a single county that fails to comply with the requirements of this act is subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars per day for each day such delinquency continues.