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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5329

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                                                                            C 170 L 89

State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Lee, Warnke, Matson and Smitherman; by request of Department of Licensing

Read first time 1/20/89 and referred to Committee on   Economic Development & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to business license fees; and amending RCW 19.02.085.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 9, chapter 182, Laws of 1982 and RCW 19.02.085 are each amended to read as follows:

          To encourage timely renewal by applicants, a master license delinquency fee shall be imposed on licensees who fail to renew by the master license expiration date.  The master license delinquency fee shall be ((computed as)) the lesser of one hundred fifty dollars or fifty percent of a base comprised of the licensee's renewal fee minus corporate licensing taxes, corporation annual report fee, and any interest fees or penalties charged for late taxes or corporate renewals.  The master license delinquency fee shall be added to the renewal fee and paid by the licensee before a master license shall be renewed.  The delinquency fee shall be deposited in the general fund.

                                                                                                                           Passed the Senate March 8, 1989.

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.

                                                                                                                           Passed the House April 13, 1989.

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.