CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1777

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 15, 1999   Yeas 97   Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 12, 1999   Yeas 44   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1777  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED
Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1777

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             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives B. Chandler, Schindler, McMorris, Dunshee, Romero and Lantz)

Read first time 03/02/1999. 

Defining technical assistance documents. 

    AN ACT Relating to technical assistance documents; and amending RCW 43.05.010.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.05.010 and 1995 c 403 s 602 are each amended to read as follows:

    Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

    (1) "Civil penalty" means a monetary penalty administratively issued by a regulatory agency for noncompliance with state or federal law or rules.  The term does not include any criminal penalty, damage assessments, wages, premiums, or taxes owed, or interest or late fees on any existing obligation.

    (2) "Regulatory agency" means an agency as defined in RCW 34.05.010 that has the authority to issue civil penalties.  The term does not include the state patrol or any institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016.

    (3) "Technical assistance" includes:

    (a) Information on the laws, rules, and compliance methods and technologies applicable to the regulatory agency's programs;

    (b) Information on methods to avoid compliance problems;

    (c) Assistance in applying for permits; and

    (d) Information on the mission, goals, and objectives of the program.

(4) "Technical assistance documents" means documents prepared to provide information specified in subsection (3) of this section entitled a technical assistance document by the agency head or its designee.  Technical assistance documents do not include notices of correction, violation, or enforcement action.  Technical assistance documents do not impose mandatory obligations or serve as the basis for a citation.

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