(1) An insurance producer may sponsor events for, or make contributions to a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization, if the sponsorship or contribution is not conditioned upon the organization applying for or obtaining insurance through the insurance producer.
(2) For purposes of this section, a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization is:
(a) Any nonprofit corporation duly existing under the provisions of chapter
24.03A RCW for charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, educational, civic, patriotic, political, social, fraternal, cultural, athletic, scientific, agricultural, or horticultural purposes;
(b) Any professional, commercial, industrial, or trade association;
(c) Any organization duly existing under the provisions of chapter
24.12, 24.20, or
24.28 RCW;
(d) Any agricultural fair authorized under the provisions of chapter
15.76 or
36.37 RCW; or
(e) Any nonprofit organization, whether incorporated or otherwise, when determined by the commissioner to be organized and operated for one or more of the purposes described in (a) through (d) of this subsection.
(3) RCW
48.30.140 and
48.30.150 do not apply to sponsorships or charitable contributions that are provided or given in compliance with subsection (1) of this section.