CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2846

56th Legislature

2000 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 9, 2000

Yeas 97 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate March 1, 2000

Yeas 45 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2846 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2846

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Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session

By House Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Representatives Benson, Hatfield, Sullivan, DeBolt, Barlean, Cairnes, Quall, McIntire and Delvin)

Read first time 02/04/2000. Referred to Committee on .

AN ACT Relating to certain notices to agents or brokers; and amending RCW 48.18.289.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 48.18.289 and 1988 c 249 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

Whenever a notice of cancellation or nonrenewal or an offer to renew is furnished to an insured in accord with any provision of this chapter, a copy of such notice or offer shall be provided ((~~at the same time~~)) within five working days to the agent on the account or to the broker of record for the insured. When possible, the copy to the agent or broker may be provided electronically.