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19.122.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Bar hole" means a hole made in the soil or pavement with a hand-operated bar for the specific purpose of testing the subsurface atmosphere with a combustible gas indicator. (2) "Blind boring" means engaging... |
19.122.027 | One-number locator services—Single statewide toll-free telephone number—Web-based platform. | (1) The commission must establish a single statewide toll-free telephone number to be used for referring excavators to the appropriate one-number locator service. The one-number locator service shall maintain a web-based platform that provides the same services as the toll-free telephone number online. The web-based pl... |
19.122.030 | Excavator and facility operator duties before excavation. | (1)(a) Unless exempted under RCW 19.122.031 , before commencing any excavation, an excavator must mark the boundary of the excavation area with white lining or, when necessary, white pin flags, applied on the ground of the worksite, then provide notice of the scheduled commencement of excavation to all facility operato... |
19.122.031 | Exempted activities. | (1) The requirements specified in RCW 19.122.030 do not apply to any of the following activities: (a) An emergency excavation, but only with respect to white lining and notice requirements specified in RCW 19.122.030 (1) and (2), and provided that the excavator provides notice to a one-number locator service at the ear... |
19.122.033 | Notice of excavation to pipeline companies. | (1) Before commencing any excavation, an excavator must notify pipeline companies of the scheduled commencement of excavation through a one-number locator service in the same manner as required for notifying facility operators of excavation under RCW 19.122.030 . Pipeline companies have the same rights and responsibili... |
19.122.035 | Pipeline company duties after notice of excavation—Examination—Information of damage—Notification of local first responders. | (1) After a pipeline company has been notified by an excavator pursuant to RCW 19.122.033 that excavation will uncover any portion of the pipeline company's pipeline, the pipeline company shall ensure that the pipeline section in the vicinity of the excavation is examined for damage prior to being reburied. (2) Immedia... |
19.122.040 | Underground facilities identified in bid or contract—Excavator's duty of reasonable care—Liability for damages—Attorneys' fees. | (1) Project owners shall indicate in bid or contract documents the existence of underground facilities known by the project owner to be located within the proposed area of excavation. The following are deemed to be changed or differing site conditions: (a) An underground facility not identified as required by this chap... |
19.122.045 | Exemption from liability. | Excavators who comply with the requirements of this chapter are not liable for any damages arising from contact or damage to an underground fiber optics facility other than the cost to repair the facility.
[ 1988 c 99 s 2 .] |
19.122.050 | Damage to underground facility—Notification by excavator—Repairs or relocation of facility. | (1) An excavator who, in the course of excavation, contacts or damages an underground facility shall notify the facility operator directly, if the facility operator is known, and a one-number locator service, and report the damage as required under RCW 19.122.053 . If the damage causes an emergency condition, the excav... |
19.122.053 | Report of damage to underground facility. | (1) Facility operators and excavators who observe or cause damage to an underground facility must report the damage event to the commission. (2) A nonpipeline facility operator conducting an excavation, or a subcontractor conducting an excavation on the facility operator's behalf, that strikes the facility operator's o... |
19.122.055 | Damage to hazardous liquid or gas underground facilities—Civil penalty. | (1)(a) Any excavator who violates any provision of this chapter and causes damage to a hazardous liquid or gas underground facility is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each violation. (b) The civil penalty in this subsection may also be imposed on any excavator who violates RCW 19.122.090 . (2) A... |
19.122.070 | Civil penalties—Treble damages—Existing remedies not affected. | (1) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter not amounting to a violation of RCW 19.122.055 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for an initial violation, and not more than five thousand dollars for each subsequent violation within a three-year period. All penalties recovered... |
19.122.075 | Damage or removal of permanent marking—Civil penalty. | Any person who willfully damages or removes a permanent marking used to identify an underground facility or pipeline, or a temporary marking prior to its intended use, is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for an initial violation, and not more than five thousand dollars for each subsequen... |
19.122.080 | Waiver of notification and marking requirements. | The notification and marking provisions of this chapter may be waived for one or more designated persons by a facility operator with respect to all or part of that facility operator's underground facilities.
[ 2011 c 263 s 15 ; 1984 c 144 s 8 .]
Report — Effective date — 2011 c 263: See notes following RCW 19.122.010 . |
19.122.090 | Excavation without an excavation confirmation code—Penalty. | (1) Any excavator who excavates, without an excavation confirmation code when required under this chapter, within 35 feet of a transmission pipeline is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) Any excavator who excavates within 35 feet of a transmission pipeline, prior to the work-to-begin date on the notice when required under th... |
19.122.100 | Violation of RCW19.122.090—Affirmative defense. | If charged with a violation of RCW 19.122.090 , an equipment operator is deemed to have established an affirmative defense to such charges if: (1) The equipment operator was provided an excavation confirmation code; (2) The excavation was performed in an emergency situation; (3) The equipment operator was provided a fa... |
19.122.110 | False excavation confirmation code—Penalty. | Any person who intentionally provides an equipment operator with a false excavation confirmation code is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 263 s 17 ; 2005 c 448 s 7 .]
Report — Effective date — 2011 c 263: See notes following RCW 19.122.010 . |
19.122.120 | One-number locator service to provide excavation confirmation code. | Upon receipt, during normal business hours, of notice of an intended excavation, the one-number locator service shall provide an excavation confirmation code.
[ 2005 c 448 s 8 .] |
19.122.130 | Commission to contract with nonprofit entity—Safety committee—Review of violations of chapter. | (1) The commission must contract with a statewide, nonprofit entity whose purpose is to reduce damages to underground and above ground facilities, promote safe excavation practices, and review complaints of alleged violations of this chapter. The contract must not obligate funding by the commission for activities perfo... |
19.122.140 | Commission authority—Receipt of notification of violation of chapter—Referral to attorney general. | (1) The commission may enforce the civil penalties authorized in RCW 19.122.070 or 19.122.075 when it receives written notification from the safety committee created under RCW 19.122.130 indicating that a violation of this chapter has likely been committed by a person subject to regulation by the commission, or involvi... |
19.122.150 | Commission authority—Violations of chapter—Imposition of penalties. | (1) The commission may investigate and enforce violations of any provision of this chapter relating to pipeline facilities without initial referral to the safety committee created under RCW 19.122.130 . (2) If the commission's investigation of notifications received pursuant to RCW 19.122.140 or subsection (1) of this ... |
19.122.160 | Damage prevention account. | The damage prevention account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from moneys directed by law or the commission to be deposited to the account must be deposited in the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for purposes designated in RCW 19.122.170 . Only the commission or th... |
19.122.170 | Damage prevention account—Use of funds. | The commission may use money deposited in the damage prevention account created in RCW 19.122.160 to: (1) Develop and disseminate educational programming designed to improve worker and public safety relating to excavation and underground facilities; and (2) Provide grants to persons who have developed educational progr... |
19.122.180 | Damage prevention account—Deposit of penalties. | All penalties collected pursuant to RCW 19.122.150 must be deposited in the damage prevention account created in RCW 19.122.160 .
[ 2011 c 263 s 22 .]
Report — Effective date — 2011 c 263: See notes following RCW 19.122.010 . |
19.122.901 | Short title—2011 c 263. | This act may be known and cited as the underground utility damage prevention act.
[ 2011 c 263 s 25 .]
Report — Effective date — 2011 c 263: See notes following RCW 19.122.010 . |
19.126.010 | Purpose. | (1) The legislature recognizes that both suppliers and wholesale distributors of malt beverages and spirits are interested in the goal of best serving the public interest through the fair, efficient, and competitive distribution of such beverages. The legislature encourages them to achieve this goal by: (a) Assuring th... |
19.126.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Agreement of distributorship" means any contract, agreement, commercial relationship, license, association, or any other arrangement, for a definite or indefinite period, between a supplier and distributor.... |
19.126.030 | Suppliers' protections. | Suppliers are entitled to the following protections which are deemed to be incorporated into every agreement of distributorship: (1) Agreements between suppliers and wholesale distributors shall be in writing; (2) A wholesale distributor shall maintain the financial and competitive capability necessary to achieve effic... |
19.126.040 | Distributors' protections. | Wholesale distributors are entitled to the following protections which are deemed to be incorporated into every agreement of distributorship: (1) Agreements between wholesale distributors and suppliers must be in writing; (2) A supplier must give the wholesale distributor at least sixty days prior written notice of the... |
19.126.050 | Suppliers' prohibited acts. | No supplier may: (1) Coerce or induce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any wholesale distributor to engage in any illegal act or course of conduct; (2) Require a wholesale distributor to assent to any unreasonable requirement, condition, understanding, or term of an agreement which prohibits a wholesaler from selling t... |
19.126.060 | Attorney's fees—Costs. | In any action or arbitration brought by a wholesale distributor or a supplier pursuant to this chapter, other than an arbitration to determine the compensation due to a terminated distributor under RCW 19.126.040 (4), the prevailing party shall be awarded its reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
[ 2009 c 155 s 4 ; 198... |
19.126.070 | Suspension or cancellation of license or certificate. | Continued violation of this chapter constitutes grounds, in the discretion of the *state liquor control board, for suspension or cancellation under RCW 66.24.010 of any license or certificate held by a supplier or its agent.
[ 1985 c 440 s 2 .]
*Reviser's note: The "state liquor control board" was renamed the "state li... |
19.126.080 | Civil actions—Injunctive relief. | A person injured by a violation of this chapter, other than a person seeking only a determination of the compensation due to a terminated distributor under RCW 19.126.040 (4), may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin further violations. Injunctive relief may be granted in an action brough... |
19.126.900 | Short title. | This chapter may be known and cited as the wholesale distributor/supplier equity agreement act.
[ 1984 c 169 s 7 .] |
19.130.010 | Legislative findings. | The legislature finds that the federal deregulation of the telephone industry provides telephone users with the opportunity to purchase and use telephone and other telecommunications equipment suited to their needs. The legislature finds that competitive markets function optimally when potential buyers have adequate in... |
19.130.020 | Sales of new or reconditioned telephone equipment—Disclosure of certain information. | Any person offering for sale or selling new or reconditioned telephone handsets or keysets, private branch exchanges, or private automatic branch exchanges of not more than a twenty-station capacity, shall clearly disclose prior to sale by methods which may include posting of notice or printing on the equipment package... |
19.130.030 | Certain advertising media—Application of chapter. | Nothing in this chapter applies to a radio station, television station, publisher, printer, or distributor of a newspaper, magazine, billboard, or other advertising medium which accepts advertising in good faith without knowledge of its violation of any provision of this chapter.
[ 1984 c 275 s 3 .] |
19.130.040 | Certain radio equipment—Application of chapter. | This chapter shall not apply to radio equipment used for land, marine, or air mobile service, or any like service, whether or not such equipment is capable of interconnection by manual or automatic means to a telephone line.
[ 1984 c 275 s 4 .] |
19.130.050 | Equipment not intended for connection to telephone network and used equipment located on customer's premises—Application of chapter. | This chapter shall not apply to equipment not intended for connection to the telephone network, nor to used equipment located on the customer's premises.
[ 1984 c 275 s 5 .] |
19.130.060 | Violations—Application of consumer protection act. | Violation of this chapter constitutes a violation of chapter 19.86 RCW, the consumer protection act. It shall be presumed that damages to the consumer are equal to the purchase price of any telephone equipment sold in violation of this chapter up to one hundred dollars. Additional damages must be proved.
[ 1984 c 275 s... |
19.130.900 | Chapter cumulative. | The rights, obligations, and remedies under this chapter are in addition to any rights, obligations, or remedies under federal statutes or regulations or other state statutes or rules.
[ 1984 c 275 s 6 .] |
19.130.901 | Short title. | This chapter may be known and cited as the telephone buyers' protection act.
[ 1984 c 275 s 8 .] |
19.134.010 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: (1) "Collection agency" has the same meaning as in RCW 19.16.100 . (2) "Communication" means the conveyance of any information regarding a debt, credit record, credit history, or credit rating, including submitting a dispute or requesting information, directly or indirectly, to any person by an... |
19.134.020 | Prohibited conduct. | (1) A credit services organization, its salespersons, agents, and representatives, and independent contractors who sell or attempt to sell the services of a credit services organization may not do any of the following: (a) Charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full and complete performanc... |
19.134.030 | Surety bond and trust account—Exception to requirement. | If a credit services organization is in compliance with *RCW 19.134.020 (1), the salesperson, agent, or representative who sells the services of that organization is not required to obtain a surety bond and establish a trust account.
[ 1986 c 218 s 4 .]
*Reviser's note: RCW 19.134.020 was amended by 2023 c 144 s 2, cha... |
19.134.040 | Information statement—Prerequisite to contract or payment—File maintained. | Before the execution of a contract or agreement between the consumer and a credit services organization or before the receipt by the credit services organization of any money or other valuable consideration, whichever occurs first, the credit services organization shall provide the consumer with a statement in writing,... |
19.134.050 | Information statement—Contents. | The information statement required under RCW 19.134.040 shall include all of the following: (1)(a) A conspicuous statement in boldface 10-point type at the top of the statement that clearly outlines to a consumer how the credit services organization will act on behalf of the consumer, including that with explicit appro... |
19.134.060 | Contract for purchase of services—Contents—Notice of cancellation—Consumer's copy. | (1) Each contract between the consumer and a credit services organization for the purchase of the services of the credit services organization shall be in writing, dated, signed by the consumer, and include all of the following: (a) A conspicuous statement in boldface type, in immediate proximity to the space reserved ... |
19.134.070 | Waiver of rights—Violations—Enforcement—Unfair business practice. | (1) Any waiver by a consumer of any part of this chapter is void. Any attempt by a credit services organization to have a consumer waive rights given by this chapter is a violation of this chapter. (2) In any proceeding involving this chapter, the burden of proving an exemption or an exception from a definition is upon... |
19.134.080 | Damages—Attorneys' fees. | (1) Any person injured by a violation of this chapter may bring any action for recovery of damages. Judgment shall be entered for actual damages, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. In the case of an action by a consumer, damages shall be awarded in an amount not less than the amount paid by the consumer to the ... |
19.134.090 | Required communication—Exceptions. | (1) Unless otherwise required by law, a consumer reporting agency, creditor, or collection agency that knows a consumer is represented by a credit services organization and also has knowledge of, or can readily ascertain, the credit services organization's name and address shall communicate with the credit services org... |
19.134.100 | Redaction of personal information in written communication. | To protect against fraud and identity theft, when a credit services organization sends a written communication by facsimile, electronic mail, United States mail, overnight courier, or other means that contains personal information of a consumer, the credit services organization shall redact the personal information to ... |
19.134.900 | Short title. | This chapter may be known and cited as the "credit services organizations act."
[ 1986 c 218 s 1 .] |
19.138.010 | Legislative finding and declaration. | The legislature finds and declares that advertising, sales, and business practices of certain sellers of travel have worked financial hardship upon the people of this state; that the travel business has a significant impact upon the economy and well-being of this state and its people; that problems have arisen regardin... |
19.138.021 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Department" means the department of licensing. (2) "Director" means the director of licensing or the director's designee. (3) "Sale of travel-related benefits" means the sale of travel services if the trav... |
19.138.030 | Advertising—Restrictions—Records. | A seller of travel shall not advertise that any travel services are or may be available unless he or she has, prior to the advertisement, determined that the product advertised was available at the time the advertising was placed. This determination can be made by the seller of travel either by use of an airline comput... |
19.138.040 | Written statement by seller of travel—Contents. | At or prior to the time of full or partial payment for any travel services, the seller of travel shall furnish to the person making the payment a written statement conspicuously setting forth the information contained in subsections (1) through (6) of this section. However, if payment is made other than in person, the ... |
19.138.050 | Cancellation—Refund—Material misrepresentation—Exception. | (1) If the transportation or other services contracted for are canceled, or if the money is to be refunded for any reason, the seller of travel shall refund to the person with whom it contracts for travel services, the money due the person within thirty days of receiving the funds from the vendor with whom the services... |
19.138.090 | Application of chapter to public charter operators. | This chapter does not apply to the sale of public transportation by a public charter operator who is complying with regulations of the United States department of transportation.
[ 1986 c 283 s 9 .] |
19.138.100 | Registration—Number posting, use—Duplicates—Fee—Assignment, transfer—New owner—Exemption. | No person, firm, or corporation may act or hold itself out as a seller of travel unless, prior to engaging in the business of selling or advertising to sell travel services or travel-related benefits, the person, firm, or corporation registers with the director under this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter. (... |
19.138.110 | Registration—Application—Form—Rules—Report. | An application for registration as a seller of travel shall be submitted in the form prescribed by rule by the director, and shall contain but not be limited to the following: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the seller of travel; (2) Proof that the seller of travel holds a valid business license in the s... |
19.138.120 | Registration—Renewal—Refusal—Notice—Hearing. | (1) Each seller of travel shall renew its registration on or before July 1st of every year or as otherwise determined by the director. (2) Renewal of a registration is subject to the same provisions covering disciplinary action as a registration originally issued. (3) The director may refuse to renew a registration for... |
19.138.130 | Unprofessional conduct—Grounds—Registration—Revocation and reinstatement—Support order, noncompliance. | (1) In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130 , the director may take disciplinary action based on the following conduct, acts, or conditions if the applicant or registrant: (a) Was previously the holder of a registration issued under this chapter, and the registration was revoked for cause ... |
19.138.140 | Trust account—Filing—Notice of change—Other funds or accounts—Rules—Exceptions. | (1) A seller of travel shall deposit in a trust account maintained in a federally insured financial institution located in Washington state, or other account approved by the director, all sums held for more than five business days that are received from a person or entity, for retail travel services offered by the sell... |
19.138.150 | Standard of duties, care. | A seller of travel shall perform its duties reasonably and with ordinary care in providing travel services.
[ 1994 c 237 s 9 .] |
19.138.160 | Nonresident seller of travel—Director as attorney if none appointed—Service of process—Notice. | (1) A nonresident seller of travel soliciting business or selling travel in the state of Washington, by mail, telephone, or otherwise, either directly or indirectly, is deemed, absent any other appointment, to have appointed the director to be the seller of travel's true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served any ... |
19.138.170 | Director—Powers and duties. | The director has the following powers and duties: (1) To adopt, amend, and repeal rules to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (2) To establish fees; (3) Upon receipt of a complaint, to inspect and audit the books and records of a seller of travel. The seller of travel shall immediately make available to the direct... |
19.138.1701 | Reimbursement of appropriated funds—Fees. | Any state funds appropriated to the department of licensing for implementation of chapter 237, Laws of 1994 for the biennium ending June 30, 1995, shall be reimbursed by June 30, 1997, by an assessment of fees sufficient to cover all costs of implementing chapter 237, Laws of 1994.
[ 1994 c 237 s 30 .] |
19.138.180 | Director—Investigations—Publication of violation. | The director, in the director's discretion, may: (1) Annually, or more frequently, make public or private investigations within or without this state as the director deems necessary to determine whether a registration should be subject to disciplinary action, or whether a person has violated or is about to violate this... |
19.138.200 | Director or individuals acting on director's behalf—Immunity. | The director or individuals acting on the director's behalf are immune from suit in any action, civil or criminal, based on acts performed in the course of their duties in the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
[ 2002 c 86 s 281 ; 1994 c 237 s 20 .]
Effective dates — 2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08... |
19.138.240 | Violations—Civil penalties—Failure to pay. | (1) A civil penalty shall be imposed by the court for each violation of this chapter in an amount not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars per violation. (2) If a person fails to pay an assessment after it has become a final and unappealable order, or after the court has entered final judgm... |
19.138.250 | Violation—Restitution assessed by director. | The director may assess against a person or organization that violates this chapter, or a rule adopted under this chapter, the full amount of restitution as may be necessary to restore to a person an interest in money or property, real or personal, that may have been acquired by means of an act prohibited by or in viol... |
19.138.260 | Registration prerequisite to suit. | In order to maintain or defend a lawsuit, a seller of travel must be registered with the department as required by this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
[ 1994 c 237 s 23 .] |
19.138.270 | Violations—Giving false information—Criminal penalties. | (1) Each person who knowingly violates this chapter or who knowingly gives false or incorrect information to the director, attorney general, or county prosecuting attorney in filing statements required by this chapter, whether or not the statement or report is verified, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under... |
19.138.280 | Action for damages—Costs, attorneys' fees—No limitation of consumer protection act. | In addition to any other penalties or remedies under chapter 19.86 RCW, a person who is injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action for recovery of actual damages, including court costs and attorneys' fees. No provision in this chapter shall be construed to limit any right or remedy provided under chapte... |
19.138.290 | Violations—Application of consumer protection act. | The legislature finds that the practices governed by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. Any violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair and... |
19.138.310 | Filing public records—Making information public for public interest. | All information, documents, and reports filed with the director under this chapter are matters of public record and shall be open to public inspection, subject to reasonable regulation. The director may make public, on a periodic or other basis, the information as may be necessary or appropriate in the public interest ... |
19.138.320 | Contract for sale of travel-related benefits—Cancellation—Process—Seven calendar days—Written disclosure required. | (1) A contract for the sale of travel-related benefits may be canceled at the option of the purchaser if the purchaser sends notice of the cancellation by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the seller of travel-related benefits at the address contained in the contract and if the notice is postmarked not later... |
19.138.330 | Uniform regulation of business and professions act. | The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.
[ 2002 c 86 s 283 .]
Effective dates — 2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340 .
Part headings not law — Severability — 20... |
19.138.340 | Restrictions regarding promoting prostitution, commercial sexual abuse of a minor, or other commercial sex acts. | (1) No seller of travel shall engage in any of the following: (a) Promoting travel for prostitution or promoting travel for commercial sexual abuse of a minor; (b) Selling, advertising, or otherwise offering to sell travel services or facilitate travel: (i) For the purposes of engaging in a commercial sex act; (ii) Tha... |
19.138.901 | Effective date—1986 c 283. | This act shall take effect January 1, 1987.
[ 1986 c 283 s 12 .] |
19.138.903 | Effective date—1994 c 237. | Sections 1 through 29 of this act shall take effect January 1, 1996.
[ 1994 c 237 s 33 .] |
19.138.904 | Implementation—1994 c 237. | The director of licensing, beginning July 1, 1995, may take such steps as are necessary to ensure that this act is implemented on its *effective date[s].
[ 1994 c 237 s 35 .]
*Reviser's note: 1994 c 237 has different effective dates. The effective date for sections 1 through 29 is January 1, 1996, and the effective dat... |
19.142.005 | Findings and declaration. | The legislature finds that there exist in connection with a substantial number of contracts for health studio services certain practices and business methods which have worked undue financial hardship upon some of the citizens of the state and that existing legal remedies are inadequate to correct existing problems in ... |
19.142.010 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Business day" means any day except a Sunday or a legal holiday. (2) "Buyer" or "member" means a person who purchases health studio services. (3) "Health studio" includes any person or entity engaged in the... |
19.142.020 | Membership plans—Special offers—Misrepresentations prohibited. | (1) Each health studio shall prepare and provide to each prospective buyer a written comprehensive list of all membership plans of health studio services offered for sale by the health studio. The list shall contain a description and the respective price of each membership plan of health studio services offered. (2) A ... |
19.142.030 | Written contract required. | A contract for the sale of health studio services shall be in writing. A copy of the contract, as well as the rules of the health studio if not stated in the contract, shall be given to the buyer when the buyer signs the contract.
[ 1987 c 317 s 4 .] |
19.142.040 | Contents of contract. | A contract for health studio services shall include all of the following: (1) The name and address of the health studio facilities operator; (2) The date the buyer signed the contract; (3) A description of the health studio services and general equipment to be provided, or acknowledgment in a conspicuous form that the ... |
19.142.050 | Notice of cancellation—Refund. | After receipt of a written notice of cancellation, the health studio shall provide a refund to the buyer within thirty days. The health studio may require the buyer to return any membership card or other materials which evidence membership in the health studio. The buyer is entitled to a refund and relief from future o... |
19.142.060 | Trust account—Written receipt—Record of deposits—Buyers' claims. | (1) All moneys paid to a health studio prior to the opening of the facility shall immediately be deposited in a trust account of a federally insured financial institution located in this state. The trust account shall be designated and maintained for the benefit of health studio members. Moneys maintained in the trust ... |
19.142.070 | Surety bond in lieu of trust account. | The requirements of RCW 19.142.060 do not apply to any health studios which, prior to any preopening sales, have provided a bond guaranteeing the completion or opening of any facility for which contracts for health studio services were sold prior to the opening of the facility. The bond shall be drawn upon a surety in ... |
19.142.080 | Failure to comply with bond or trust account requirements—Class C felony. | Failure to furnish a bond as required by RCW 19.142.070 or to maintain a trust account as required by RCW 19.142.060 shall constitute a class C felony punishable as provided in chapter 9A.20 RCW.
[ 1987 c 317 s 9 .] |
19.142.090 | Waivers of this chapter—Contracts not in compliance with this chapter—Void and unenforceable. | A health studio shall not request a buyer to waive any provision of this chapter. Any contract for health studio services which does not comply with the provisions of this chapter or in which a buyer waives any provision of this chapter is void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy.
[ 1987 c 317 s 10 .] |
19.142.100 | Violations—Application of consumer protection act. | A violation of this chapter constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice and is a per se violation of the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 1987 c 317 s 11 .] |
19.142.110 | Attorneys' fees. | Buyers who prevail in any cause of action under this chapter are entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees.
[ 1987 c 317 s 12 .] |
19.142.900 | Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive. | The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and nonexclusive and do not affect any other remedy available at law.
[ 1987 c 317 s 13 .] |
19.142.901 | Prospective application of chapter. | The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any contracts for health studio services entered into before July 26, 1987.
[ 1987 c 317 s 14 .] |
19.144.005 | Findings—2008 c 108. | The legislature finds that responsible mortgage lending and homeownership are important to the citizens of the state of Washington. The legislature declares that protecting our residents and our economy from the threat of widespread foreclosures and providing homeowners with access to residential mortgage loans on fair... |
19.144.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Adjustable rate mortgage" or "ARM" means a payment option ARM or a hybrid ARM (commonly known as a 2/28 or 3/27 loan). (2) "Application" means the same as in Regulation X, Real Estate Settlement Procedures,... |
19.144.020 | Disclosure requirements—Department duties. | (1) In addition to any other requirements under federal or state law, a residential mortgage loan may not be made unless a disclosure summary of all material terms, as adopted by the department in subsection (2) of this section, is placed on a separate sheet of paper and has been provided by a financial institution to ... |
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