| Passed by the Senate March 17, 2003 YEAS 49 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 18, 2003 YEAS 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5512 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/28/2003. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Trade.
AN ACT Relating to small business economic impact statements; and amending RCW 19.85.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 19.85.020 and 1994 c 249 s 10 are each amended to read
as follows:
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the definitions in
this section apply through this chapter.
(1) "Small business" means any business entity, including a sole
proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity, that
is owned and operated independently from all other businesses, ((that
has the purpose of making a profit,)) and that has fifty or fewer
employees.
(2) "Small business economic impact statement" means a statement
meeting the requirements of RCW 19.85.040 prepared by a state agency
pursuant to RCW 19.85.030.
(3) "Industry" means all of the businesses in this state in any one
four-digit standard industrial classification as published by the
United States department of commerce. However, if the use of a four-
digit standard industrial classification would result in the release of
data that would violate state confidentiality laws, "industry" means
all businesses in a three-digit standard industrial classification.