CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5468



61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 19, 2009
  YEAS 46   NAYS 0


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 8, 2009
  YEAS 95   NAYS 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5468 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5468
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Senate Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, McCaslin, Kilmer, King, Delvin, Jacobsen, Berkey, and Shin)

READ FIRST TIME 02/11/09.   



     AN ACT Relating to permitting an exemption for nonprofit housing organizations from the consumer loan act; and amending RCW 31.04.025.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 31.04.025 and 2008 c 78 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Each loan made to a resident of this state by a licensee is subject to the authority and restrictions of this chapter, unless such loan is made under the authority of chapter 63.14 RCW.
     (2) This chapter shall not apply to any person doing business under and as permitted by any law of this state or of the United States relating to banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan or building and loan associations, or credit unions, nor to any pawnbroking business lawfully transacted under and as permitted by any law of this state regulating pawnbrokers, nor to any loan of credit made pursuant to a credit card plan.
     (3) This chapter does not apply to nonprofit housing organizations making loans, or loans made, under housing programs that are funded in whole or in part by federal or state programs if the primary purpose of the programs is to assist low-income borrowers with purchasing or repairing housing or the development of housing for low-income Washington state residents.

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