AN ACT Relating to notaries public; amending RCW 64.08.060 and 64.08.070; adding a new chapter to Title 42 RCW; repealing RCW 42.44.010, 42.44.020, 42.44.030, 42.44.040, 42.44.050, 42.44.060, 42.44.070, 42.44.080, 42.44.090, 42.44.100, 42.44.110, 42.44.120, 42.44.130, 42.44.140, 42.44.150, 42.44.160, 42.44.170, 42.44.180, 42.44.190, 42.44.200, 42.44.900, 42.44.901, 42.44.902, and 42.44.903; and prescribing penalties.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. This chapter may be known and cited as the model notary act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The purpose of this chapter is to:

(1) Promote, serve, and protect the public interest;

(2) Simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing notaries; and

(3) Make uniform notarial laws among states enacting it.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter:

(1) "Acknowledgment" means a notarial act in which a notary certifies that signer, whose identity is personally known to the notary or proven on the basis of satisfactory evidence, has admitted, in the notary's presence, having signed a document voluntarily for its stated purpose.

(2) "Commission" means to empower to perform notarial acts and the written authority to perform those acts.

(3) "Copy certification" means a notarial act in which a notary certifies having made a photocopy of a document that is neither a public record not publicly recordable.

(4) "Department" means the department of licensing.

(5) "Jurat" means a notarial act in which a notary certifies that signer, whose identity is personally known to the notary or proven on the basis of satisfactory evidence, has made, in the notary's presence, a voluntary signature and taken an oath or affirmation vouching for the truthfulness of the signed document.

(6) "Notarial act" and "notarization" mean any act that a notary is empowered to perform under section 7(1) of this act.

(7) "Notarial certificate" and "certificate" mean the part of or attachment to a notarized document for completion by the notary and bearing the notary's signature and seal.

(8) "Notary public" and "notary" mean any person commissioned to perform notarial acts under this chapter.

(9) "Oath" and "affirmation" mean a notarial act or part thereof in which a notary certifies that a person made a vow in the presence of the notary on penalty of perjury, with reference made to a supreme being for an oath.

(10) "Official misconduct" means :

(a) A notary's performance of or failure to perform any act prohibited or mandated respectively by this chapter or by any other law in connection with a notarization; or

(b) A notary's performance of a notarial act in a manner found by the department to be negligent or against the public interest.

(11) "Personal knowledge of identity" means familiarity with an individual resulting from interactions with that individual over a period of time sufficient to eliminate every reasonable doubt that the individual has the identity claimed.

(12) "Satisfactory evidence of identity" means identification of an individual based on:

(a) At least two current documents, one issued by a federal or state government with the individual's photograph, signature, and physical description, and the other by an institution, business entity, or federal or state government with at least the individual's signature; or

(b) The oath or affirmation of a credible person who is personally known to the notary and who personally knows the individual.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the department shall commission as a notary any qualified person who submits an application in accordance with this chapter.

(2) A person qualified for a notarial commission must:

(a) Be at least eighteen years of age;

(b) Lawfully reside or work in this state;

(d) Pass a written examination under section 5 of this act; and

(e) Submit an application containing no significant misstatement or omission of fact.

(3) The department may deny an application based on:

(a) The applicant's conviction for a crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude;

(b) Revocation, suspension, or restriction of a notarial commission or professional license issued to the applicant by this or any other state; or

(4) A person commissioned as a notary by the department may perform notarial acts in any part of this state for a term of four years, unless the commission is revoked under section 12(1) of this act or resigned under section 14(4) of this act.

(5) No notarial commission becomes effective until, within thirty days after its issuance, an oath of office and ten thousand dollar bond has been filed with the department. The bond must be executed by a licensed surety, for a term of four years commencing on the commission's effective date and terminating on its expiration date, with payment of bond funds to any person conditioned upon the notary's misconduct.

(6) An applicant for recommissioning as a notary shall submit a new application and comply with the provisions of this chapter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. (1) Every application for a notarial commission must be made on forms provided by the department and include:

(a) A statement of the applicant's personal qualifications;

(b) An examination written by the applicant;

(d) An application fee.

(2) The application must state:

(a) The applicant's age;

(b) The applicant's residence address or, if not a resident, business address in this state, and , if not a citizen of the United States, the applicant's alien residence status;

(d) All criminal convictions of the applicant, including any pleas of admission and nolo contendere; and

(e) All issuances, denials, revocations, suspensions, restrictions, and resignations of a notarial commission or other professional license involving the applicant in this or any other state.

(3) Every applicant for a notarial commission shall pass a written examination that tests the applicant's knowledge of notarial laws and procedures and is based on materials distributed by the department with the application forms.

(4) Every applicant for a notarial commission shall sign the following declaration in the presence of a notary of this state:

Declaration of Applicant

I, !sc_,015 (name of applicant), solemnly swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the personal information in this application is true, complete, and correct; that I carefully have read the materials describing the duties of a notary in this state; and that I will perform, to the best of my ability, all notarial acts in accordance with the law.

!w_ (signature of applicant)

(5) Every applicant for a notarial commission shall pay to this state a nonrefundable fee as set forth by the department.

(6) Disciplinary information in an applicant's or notary's statement of personal qualifications under subsection (2) of this section must be used by the department and designated state employees for the sole purpose of performing official duties under this chapter and may not be disclosed to any person other than:

(a) The applicant;

(b) The applicant's authorized representative or surety;

(d) A person specified by court order.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. (1) The department may commission any number of state, county, or city employees to act as notaries, but notaries so empowered may perform notarial acts only in the service of their respective agencies.

(2) Notaries empowered under this section may perform notarial acts in any part of this state for a term of four years, and shall seek recommissioning by the department for each subsequent term.

(3) An applicant for a notarial commission under this section must meet the requirements in section 5 of this act except the application shall include a written declaration signed by the applicant's agency employer stating that the commissioning is in the public interest; and the fee in section 5(5) of this act is waived for employees of this state.

(4) The premium on the bond and costs of all notarial supplies for a notary empowered under this section must be paid from funds of the notary's agency.

(5) No fees may be charged for notarial services performed by a notary empowered under this section.

(6) Upon leaving the employment of their agencies, notaries empowered under this section shall resign their commissions immediately under section 14(4) of this act and dispose of their journals and seals under section 14(5) of this act.

(7) A notary empowered under this section shall comply with all provisions of this chapter unless otherwise specified in this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. (1) A notary is empowered to perform the following notarial acts:

(a) Acknowledgments;

(b) Oaths and affirmations;

(d) Copy certifications.

(2) A notary is disqualified from performing a notarial act if the notary:

(a) Is a signer of or named in the document that is to be notarized;

(b) Will receive directly from a transaction connected with the notarial act any commission, fee, advantage, right, title, interest, cash, property, or other consideration exceeding in value the fees specified in subsection (12) of this section; or

(3) A notary may not influence a person to enter into or not to enter into a lawful transaction involving a notarial act by the notary.

(4) A notary shall perform notarial acts in lawful transactions for any requesting person who tenders the appropriate fee specified in subsection (12) of this section.

(5) A notary may not execute a certificate containing a statement known by the notary to be false or perform any official action with intent to deceive or defraud.

(6) A notary may not endorse or promote any product, service, contest, or other offering if the notary's title or seal is used in the endorsement or promotional statement.

(7) A nonattorney notary may complete but may not select notarial certificates, and may not assist another person in drafting, completing, selecting, or understanding a document or transaction requiring a notarial act.

(8) This section does not preclude a notary who is duly qualified in a particular profession from giving advice relating to matters in that professional field.

(9) A notary may not make representations to have powers, qualifications, rights, or privileges that the office of notary does not have, including the power to counsel on immigration matters.

(10) A nonattorney notary who advertises notarial services in a language other than English shall include in the advertisement, notice, or sign the following in the same language:

(a) The statement, prominently displayed: "I am not an attorney and have no authority to give advice on immigration or other legal matters"; and

(b) The fees for notarial acts specified in subsection (12) of this section.

(11) A notary may not use the term "notario publico" or any equivalent non-English term in any business card, advertisement, notice, or sign.

(12) The maximum fees that may be charged by a notary for notarial acts are:

(i) For acknowledgments, three dollars per signature;

(ii) For oaths or affirmations without a signature, three dollars per person;

(iii) For jurats, three dollars per signature; and

(iv) For certified copies, two dollars per page certified.

(b) A notary may charge a travel fee when traveling to perform a notarial act if:

(i) The notary explains to the person requesting the notarial act that the travel fee is separate from the notarial fee in (a) of this subsection and is neither specified nor mandated by law; and

(ii) The notary and the person requesting the notarial act agree upon the travel fee in advance.

(13) Notaries shall display an English-language schedule of fees for notarial acts, as specified in section 8(1) of this act. No part of any displayed notarial fee schedule may be printed in smaller than ten-point type.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. (1) A notary shall keep, maintain, protect as a public record, and provide for lawful inspection a chronological, permanently bound official journal of notarial acts, containing numbered pages.

(2)(a) For every notarial act, the notary shall record in the journal at the time of notarization at least the following:

(i) The date and time of day of the notarial act;

(ii) The type of notarial act;

(iii) A description of the document or proceeding;

(iv) The signature and printed name and address of each person for whom a notarial act is performed;

(v) The evidence of identity of each person for whom a notarial act is performed, in the form of either: (A) A statement that the person is "personally known" to the notary, (B) a description of the identification document, its issuing agency, its serial or identification number, and its date of issuance or expiration; or (C) the signature and printed name and address of a credible witness swearing or affirming to the person's identity;

(vi) The fee, if any, charged for the notarial act; and

(vii) The address where the notarization was performed if not the notary's business address.

(b) A notary shall retain as an official record a duplicate photocopy of each certified copy.

(3) At the time of notarization, the notary's journal must be signed, as applicable, by:

(a) The person for whom a notarial act is performed;

(b) The credible witness swearing or affirming to the identity of the person for whom the notarial act is performed;

(d) The two witnesses to a signature by mark of the document that is notarized.

(4)(a) A journal of notarial acts is an official public record that may be inspected in the notary's presence by any individual whose identity is personally known to the notary or proven on the basis of satisfactory evidence, who specifies the notarial act sought, and who signs the notary's journal.

(b) Upon request in compliance with (a) of this subsection, the notary shall provide a photocopy of an entry in the journal at a cost of not more than .......... dollars per photocopy. If a certified copy is requested, the cost is as specified in section 7(12) of this act.

(c) A notary shall safeguard the journal and all other notarial records as valuable public documents and never destroy them, except at the direction of the department.

(d) The journal must be kept in the exclusive custody of the notary, and may not be used by any other notary or surrendered to an employer upon termination of employment.

(e) Upon resignation, revocation, or expiration of a notarial commission, or death of the notary, the notarial journal and records must be delivered by certified mail or other means providing a receipt to the department in accordance with this chapter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. (1) In completing a notarial act, a notary shall sign on the notarial certificate exactly and only the name indicated on the notary's commission.

(2)(a) A notary shall keep an official notarial seal that is the exclusive property of the notary and that may not be used by any other person or surrendered to an employer upon termination of employment.

(b) Upon resignation, revocation, or expiration of a notarial commission, or death of the notary, the seal must be destroyed in accordance with section 14 of this act. A new seal must be obtained for any new commission under subsection (4) of this section.

(3)(a) Near the notary's official signature on a notarial certificate, the notary shall affix in black ink a sharp, legible, and photographically reproducible impression of the notarial seal that must include the following elements:

(i) The notary's name exactly as indicated on the commission;

(ii) The words "notary public," "state of Washington" and "my commission expires .......... ";

(iii) The address of the notary's business or residence; and

(iv) A border in a circular shape no larger than necessary to surround the required words.

(b) Illegible information within a seal impression may be typed or printed legibly by the notary adjacent to but not within the impression.

(c) An embossed seal impression that is not photographically reproducible may be used in addition to but not in lieu of the seal described in (a) of this subsection.

(4) (a) A vendor may not provide a notarial seal, either inking or embossing, to a person claiming to be a notary, unless the person presents the following documents, which the vendor must retain for four years: A photocopy of the person's notarial commission, attached to a notarized declaration substantially as follows:

Application for Notary Seal

I, !sc_,015 (name of person requesting seal), declare that I am a notary public duly commissioned by the state of Washington, with a commission starting date of !sc_,010, a commission expiration date of !sc_,010 and a commission number of !sc_,015. As evidence, I attach to this paper a photocopy of my commission.

!w_ (signature of person requesting seal)

(b) A notary applying for a seal as a result of a name change shall present a copy of the confirmation of notary's name change from the department in place of the application for a notary seal.

(c) A vendor who fails to keep a document specified in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. (1) A notary shall use a certificate in substantially the following form in notarizing the signature or mark of persons acknowledging for themselves or as partners, corporate officers, attorneys in fact, or in other representative capacities:

State of Washington

County of !sc_,015

On this !sc_,005 day of !sc_,008, 19!sc_,002, before me, the undersigned notary, personally appeared !w_,

!sc ,3(personally known to me)

!sc ,3(proved to me through government-issued documentary

!sc ,3evidence in the form of !sc_,015)

!sc ,3(proved to me on the oath or affirmation of !sc_,013,

!sc ,3who is personally known to me,)

to be the person(s) whose name(s) (is)(are) signed on the preceding or attached document, and acknowledged to me that (he)(she)(they) signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose(.)

!sc ,3(as partner for !sc_,015, a partnership.)

!sc ,3(as !sc_,007 for !sc_,008, a corporation.)

!sc ,3(as attorney in fact for !sc_,007, the principal.)

!sc ,3(as !sc_,008 for !sc_,008, (a)(the) !sc_,010.)

!sc ,3(by mark before !sc_,012 and !sc_,012, subscribing

!sc ,3witnesses.)

!sc_,040

(official signature and seal of notary)

(2) A notary shall use a certificate in substantially the following form in notarizing, through a subscribing witness, the signature of a person who does not appear before the notary:

State of !sc_,015

County of !sc_,015

On this !sc_,005 day of !sc_,008, 19!sc_,002, before me, the undersigned notary, personally appeared !w_,

!sc ,3(personally known to me)

!sc ,3(proved to me on the oath or affirmation of !sc_,013,

!sc ,3who is personally known to me,)

to be the person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document as subscribing witness and who declared to me under oath or affirmation that (he)(she) personally knows !sc_,015 (name of signer not appearing before notary) and witnessed that individual voluntarily sign or acknowledge having signed the document for its stated purpose, and who also declared having signed the same as witness.

!sc_,040

(official signature and seal of notary)

(3) A notary shall use a jurat certificate in substantially the following form in notarizing a signature on an affidavit, deposition, or other sworn or affirmed written declaration:

State of !sc_,015

County of !sc_,015

On this !sc_,005 day of !sc_,008, 19!sc_,002, before me, the undersigned notary, personally appeared !w_,

!sc ,3(personally known to me)

!sc ,3(proved to me through government-issued documentary

!sc ,3evidence in the form of !sc_,015)

!sc ,3(proved to me on the oath or affirmation of !sc_,13,

!sc ,3 who is personally known to me,)

to be the person(s) who signed the preceding or attached document in my presence and who swore or affirmed to me that the signature(s) (is)(are) voluntary and the document truthful.

!sc_,040

(official signature and seal of notary)

(4) A notary shall use a certificate in substantially the following form in notarizing a certified copy:

State of !sc_,015

County of !sc_,015

On this !sc_,005 day of !sc_,008, 19!sc_,002, I certify that the preceding or attached document, and the duplicate retained by me as a notarial record, are true, exact, complete, and unaltered photocopies made by me of !sc_,015 (description of document),

!sc ,3(presented to me by the document's custodian,

!sc ,3!sc_,025,)

!sc ,3(held in my custody as a notarial record,)

and that, to the best of my knowledge, the photocopies document is neither a public record not a publicly recordable document, certified copies of which are available from an official source other than a notary.

!sc_,040

(official signature and seal of notary)

NEW SECTION. Sec. 11. (1)(a) A notary is liable to any person for all damages proximately caused that person by the notary's official misconduct in performing a notarization.

(b) A surety for a notary's bond is liable to any person for damages proximately caused that person by the notary's official misconduct in performing a notarization, but this liability may not exceed the penalty of the bond or of any remaining bond funds that have not been expended to other claimants. Regardless of the number of claimants, a surety's total liability may not exceed the penalty of the bond.

(c) An employer of a notary is liable to any person for all damages proximately caused that person by the notary's official misconduct in performing a notarization related to the employer's business, if the employer directed, encouraged, consented to, or approved the notary's misconduct, either in the particular transaction or, impliedly, by previous actions in at least one similar transaction.

(d) An employer of a notary is liable to the notary for all damages recovered from the notary as a result of official misconduct that was coerced by threat of the employer, if the threat, such as of demotion or dismissal, was made in reference to the particular notarization or, impliedly, by the employer's previous action in at least one similar transaction, in addition, the employer is liable to the notary for damages caused the notary by demotion, dismissal, or other action resulting from the notary's refusal to commit official misconduct.

(2) Recovery of damages against a notary, surety, or employer does not require that the notary's official misconduct be the sole proximate cause of the damages.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 12. (1)(a) The department may revoke a notarial commission on any ground for which an application for a notarial commission may be denied under section 4 of this act.

(b) Resignation or expiration of a notarial commission does not terminate or preclude an investigation into a notary's conduct by the department, who may pursue the investigation to a conclusion, when it must be made a matter of public record whether or not the finding would have been grounds for revocation.

(2)(a) The department may deliver a written official warning to cease misconduct to any notary whose actions are judged to be official misconduct under section 3 of this act.

(b) The department may seek a court injunction to prevent a person from violating any provision of this chapter.

(3)(a) A notary who knowingly and repeatedly performs or fails to perform any act prohibited or mandated respectively by this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

(b) The remedies of this chapter supplement other remedies provided by law.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 13. (1) Any person not a notary who knowingly acts as or otherwise impersonates a notary is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

(2) Any person who knowingly obtains, conceals, defaces, or destroys the seal, journal, or official records of a notary is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

(3) Any person who knowingly solicits, coerces, or in any way influences a notary to commit official misconduct is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 14. (1) Within thirty days after the change of a notary's business or residence address, the notary shall deliver to the department, by certified mail or other means providing a receipt, a signed notice of the change, giving both old and new addresses.

(2)(a) A notary with a change of name shall deliver to the department a signed notice of the change, giving both old and new names and the effective date of the new name.

(b) Starting on the effective date, a notary with a new name officially shall sign that name on all notarial certificates, but only after the following steps have been completed:

(i) The notice described in (a) of this subsection has been delivered;

(ii) A confirmation of notary's name change has been received from the department;

(iii) A new seal bearing the new name exactly as in the confirmation has been obtained; and

(iv) The surety for the notary's bond has been informed in writing.

(3) Within ten days after the loss or theft of an official journal or seal, the notary shall deliver to the department, by certified mail or other means providing a receipt, a signed notice of the loss or theft, and inform the appropriate law enforcement agency in the case of theft.

(4)(a) A notary who resigns a notarial commission shall deliver to the department, by certified mail or other means providing a receipt, a notice indicating the effective date of resignation.

(b) Notaries who cease to reside or work in this state or who become unable to read or write shall resign their commissions.

(5)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, when a notarial commission is resigned, revoked, or expires, the notary shall:

(i) As soon as reasonably practicable, destroy the official seal; and

(ii) Within thirty days after the effective date of resignation, revocation, or expiration, deliver to the department, by certified mail or other means providing a receipt, the notarial journal and records.

(b) A former notary who intends to apply for a new commission and whose previous commission or application was not revoked or denied by this state, need not deliver the journal and records within thirty days after commission expiration, but must do so within three months after expiration unless recommissioned within that period.

(6) If a notary dies during the term of commission, the notary's heirs or personal representative, as soon as reasonably practicable after death, shall:

(a) Destroy the official seal; and

(b) deliver by certified mail or other means providing a receipt:

(i) A signed notice of the date of death to the department; and

(ii) The notarial journal and records to the department.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 15. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 16. The existing bond, seal, length of commission term, and liability of current notaries commissioned before the effective date of this act may not be invalidated, modified, or terminated, but those notaries shall comply with this chapter in performing notarizations and in applying for new commissions.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 17. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

Sec. 18. Section 13, chapter 33, Laws of 1929 as amended by section 2, chapter 69, Laws of 1988 and RCW 64.08.060 are each amended to read as follows:

A certificate of acknowledgment for an individual, substantially in the following form or, after December 31, 1985, substantially in the form set forth in ((~~RCW 42.44.100(1)~~)) chapter 42.-- RCW (sections 1 through 17 of this act), shall be sufficient for the purposes of this chapter and for any acknowledgment required to be taken in accordance with this chapter:

@p4!ix!tn1State of!sc ,001@w1 !tcü

!tcý ss.

County of!sc ,001@w1 !tc_!te

@p0 @bvOn this day personally appeared before me (here insert the name of grantor or grantors) to me known to be the individual, or individuals described in and who executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he (she or they) signed the same as his (her or their) free and voluntary act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand and official seal this ..... day of .......... , 19.. . (Signature of officer and official seal)

If acknowledgment is taken before a notary public of this state the signature shall be followed by substantially the following: Notary Public in and for the state of Washington, residing at ............... , (giving place of residence).

Sec. 19. Section 14, chapter 33, Laws of 1929 as amended by section 3, chapter 69, Laws of 1988 and RCW 64.08.070 are each amended to read as follows:

A certificate of acknowledgment for a corporation, substantially in the following form or, after December 31, 1985, substantially in the form set forth in ((~~RCW 42.44.100(2)~~)) chapter 42.-- RCW (sections 1 through 17 of this act), shall be sufficient for the purposes of this chapter and for any acknowledgment required to be taken in accordance with this chapter:

@p4!ix!tn1State of!sc ,001@w1 !tcü

!tcý ss.

County of!sc ,001@w1 !tc_!te

@p0 On this ..... day of .......... , 19.. , before me personally appeared .......... , to me known to be the (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or other authorized officer or agent, as the case may be) of the corporation that executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated that he was authorized to execute said instrument and that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of said corporation.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written. (Signature and title of officer with place of residence of notary public.)

NEW SECTION. Sec. 20. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) Section 1, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.010;

(2) Section 2, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.020;

(3) Section 3, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.030;

(4) Section 4, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.040;

(5) Section 5, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.050;

(6) Section 6, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.060;

(7) Section 7, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.070;

(8) Section 8, chapter 156, Laws of 1985, section 3, chapter 76, Laws of 1987 and RCW 42.44.080;

(9) Section 9, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.090;

(10) Section 10, chapter 156, Laws of 1985, section 4, chapter 69, Laws of 1988 and RCW 42.44.100;

(11) Section 11, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.110;

(12) Section 12, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.120;

(13) Section 13, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.130;

(14) Section 14, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.140;

(15) Section 15, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.150;

(16) Section 16, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.160;

(17) Section 17, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.170;

(18) Section 18, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.180;

(19) Section 20, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.190;

(20) Section 22, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.200;

(21) Section 21, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.900;

(22) Section 23, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.901;

(23) Section 24, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.902; and

(24) Section 27, chapter 156, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.44.903.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 21. Sections 1 through 17 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 42 RCW.