5155-S2 AMS SHOR S3681.2
2SSB 5155 - S AMD 940
By Senator Short
ADOPTED 01/19/2022
On page 1, at the beginning of line 17, strike "((of entry))the cause of action accrued" and insert "of entry"
On page 2, beginning on line 1, after "entry." strike "((In any case where a court is directed on review to enter judgment on a verdict or in any case where a judgment entered on a verdict is wholly or partly affirmed on review, interest on the judgment or on that portion of the judgment affirmed shall date back to and shall accrue from the date the verdict was rendered.))" and insert "In any case where a court is directed on review to enter judgment on a verdict or in any case where a judgment entered on a verdict is wholly or partly affirmed on review, interest on the judgment or on that portion of the judgment affirmed shall date back to and shall accrue from the date the verdict was rendered."
EFFECT: A "public agency" as defined in RCW 42.30.020 will not be subject to the new prejudgment interest provisions proposed by SB 5150. Public agencies will be liable for postjudgment interest only, as they are now.
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