5484 AMH CL CORD 1

SB 5484 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 4-6-93

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

     "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 60.04 RCW to read as follows:

     All rights acquired and liabilities incurred under acts or parts of act repealed by chapter 281, Laws of 1991, are hereby preserved, and all actions pending as of June 1, 1992, shall proceed under the law as it existed at the time chapter 281, Laws of 1991, took effect.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is remedial in nature and shall be applied retroactively to June 1, 1992.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately."

EFFECT:  The amendment adds an emergency clause with an immediate effective date and clarifies that lien claim actions pending on June 1, 1992, will proceed under the "old" law.  (Current law provides that lien claims commenced on or after June 1, 1992, are governed by the "new" law.)