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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3143

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Talmadge, Newhouse and Conner; by Department of Licensing request

Read first time 1/18/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to trade names; and amending RCW 19.80.035.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, chapter 130, Laws of 1984 and RCW 19.80.035 are each amended to read as follows:

          ((Within one year after October 1, 1984)) On or before October 1, 1986, each person who registered a trade name prior to October 1, 1984, and is conducting or transacting business in this state under that trade name, shall reregister the trade name under this chapter.  All reregistrations shall be executed under RCW 19.80.010 and shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars or the fee set under RCW 19.80.045.  Within three years of October 1, 1984, the department of licensing shall devise and implement a no-fee system for identifying and purging trade name registrations that have become inactive.  Failure to reregister ((within one year of October 1, 1984)) on or before October 1, 1986, terminates the previous registration.