1806 AMH KLIP LEON 129

HB 1806 - H AMD 24

By Representative Klippert

NOT ADOPTED 03/02/2017

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1.  RCW 10.01.100 and 1925 ex.s. c 101 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

Every corporation guilty of a violation of any law of the state of Washington, where the prescribed penalty is, for any reason, incapable of execution or enforcement against such corporation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ((ten)) one hundred fifty thousand dollars, if such offense is a felony; or, by a fine of not more than ((one)) fifteen thousand dollars if such offense is a gross misdemeanor; or, by a fine of not more than ((five hundred)) ten thousand dollars if such offense is a misdemeanor."

EFFECT: Restores underlying law providing maximum fines imposed on corporations only when the prescribed penalties are not executable against corporations. Modifies the maximum fines as follows:

· $150,000 for felonies (rather than $10,000 in current law or $1,000,000 for class A and B felonies and $750,000 for class C felonies in the underlying bill);

· $15,000 for gross misdemeanors (rather than $1,000 in current law or $250,000 in the underlying bill); and

· $10,000 for misdemeanors (rather than $500 in current law or $50,000 in the underlying bill).

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