CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2846

                   Chapter 220, Laws of 2000

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

INSURANCE--NOTICES TO AGENTS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House February 9, 2000   Yeas 97   Nays 0              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives               FRANK CHOPP 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.           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved March 30, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            March 30, 2000 - 2:23 p.m.
GARY LOCKE 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 .

Providing certain notices to agents or brokers. 

    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.

    Passed the House February 9, 2000.

    Passed the Senate March 1, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 30, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 30, 2000.