1412-S AMH MORR PERR 02

SHB 1412 - H AMD 000057 ADOPTED 3-16-93

By Representatives Morris, Mastin, Padden, Ludwig, and Foreman

     On page 3, after line 3 insert the following:

     "Sec. 3.  RCW 4.56.115 and 1983 c 147 ' 2 are each amended to read as follows:

     Judgments founded on the tortious conduct of the state of Washington or of the political subdivisions, municipal corporations, and quasi municipal corporations of the state, whether acting in their governmental or proprietary capacities, shall bear interest ((from the date of entry at the maximum rate permitted under RCW 19.52.020 on the date of entry thereof:  PROVIDED, That in any case where a court is directed on review to enter judgment on a verdict or in any case where a judgment entered on a verdict is wholly or partly affirmed on review, interest on the judgment or on that portion of the judgment affirmed shall date back to and shall accrue from the date the verdict was rendered)) in accordance with the provisions of RCW 4.56.110." 

EFFECT:  Provides that tort judgments against governmental entities will be subject to prejudgment interest in the same manner as judgments against private entities.