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                                           ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 435

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Hankins, H. Sommers and Brooks; by request of Department of General Administration

Read first time 1/28/87 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to real estate brokers and salesmen; and amending RCW 18.85.215.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 8, chapter 370, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. as amended by section 4, chapter 162, Laws of 1985 and RCW 18.85.215 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Any license issued under this chapter and not otherwise revoked shall be deemed "inactive" at any time it is delivered to the director.  Until reissued under this chapter, the holder of an inactive license shall be deemed to be unlicensed.

          (2) An inactive license may be renewed on the same terms and conditions as an active license, and failure to renew shall result in cancellation in the same manner as an active license.

          (3) An inactive license may be placed in an active status upon completion of an application as provided by the director and upon compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant thereto.  If a holder has an inactive license for more than three years, the holder must show proof of successfully completing a thirty clock hour course in real estate within one year prior to the application for active status.  Holders employed by the state and conducting real estate transactions on behalf of the state are exempt from this requirement.  The licenses of these licensees shall be carried on inactive status without payment of an annual renewal fee.

          (4) The provisions of this chapter relating to the denial, suspension, and revocation of a license shall be applicable to an inactive license as well as an active license, except that when proceedings to suspend or revoke an inactive license have been initiated, the license shall remain inactive until the proceedings have been completed.