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19.230.233 | Informal settlement of complaints or enforcement actions. | Except to the extent prohibited by another statute, the director may engage in informal settlement of complaints or enforcement actions including, but not limited to, payment to the department for purposes of financial literacy and education programs authorized under RCW 43.320.150 .
[ 2012 c 17 s 16 .] |
19.230.240 | Suspension and revocation of authorized delegates. | (1) The director may issue an order to suspend, revoke, or condition the designation of an authorized delegate, impose civil penalties, require payment of restitution to damaged parties, require affirmative actions as are necessary to comply with this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter, or remove from offi... |
19.230.250 | Unlicensed persons. | (1) If the director has reason to believe that a person has violated or is violating RCW 19.230.030 or 19.230.080 , the director or the director's designee may conduct an examination or investigation as authorized under RCW 19.230.130 . (2) If as a result of such investigation or examination, the director finds that a ... |
19.230.260 | Temporary orders to cease and desist. | (1) If the director determines that a violation of this chapter or of a rule adopted or an order issued under this chapter by a licensee, authorized delegate, or other person subject to this chapter is likely to cause immediate and irreparable harm to the licensee, its customers, or the public as a result of the violat... |
19.230.270 | Consent orders. | The director may enter into a consent order at any time with a person to resolve a matter arising under this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter. A consent order must be signed by the person to whom it is issued or by the person's authorized representative, and must indicate agreement with the ... |
19.230.280 | Violations—Liability. | (1) A licensee is liable for any conduct violating this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter committed by employees of the licensee. (2) A licensee that commits willful misconduct in its supervision of its authorized delegate or willfully avoids knowledge of its authorized delegate's business activities may be s... |
19.230.290 | Civil penalties. | The director may assess a civil penalty against a licensee, responsible individual, authorized delegate, or other person that violates this chapter or a rule adopted or an order issued under this chapter in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars per violation per day for each day the violation is outstanding, plus... |
19.230.300 | Criminal penalties. | (1) A person that intentionally makes a false statement, misrepresentation, or false certification in a record filed or required to be maintained under this chapter or that intentionally makes a false entry or omits a material entry in that record is guilty of a class C felony under chapter 9A.20 RCW. (2) A person that... |
19.230.303 | Statute of limitations. | The statute of limitations on actions not subject to RCW 4.16.160 that are brought under this chapter by the director is five years.
[ 2014 c 36 s 3 .] |
19.230.310 | Administration and rule-making powers. | The director has the authority and administrative discretion to administer and interpret this chapter to fulfill the intent of the legislature as expressed in RCW 19.230.005 . In accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, the director may issue rules under this chapter that are clearly required to govern the activities of lice... |
19.230.320 | Fees. | (1) The director shall establish fees by rule sufficient to cover the costs of administering this chapter. The director may establish different fees for each type of license authorized under this chapter. These fees may include: (a) An annual assessment specified in rule by the director paid by each licensee on or befo... |
19.230.330 | Money transmitter delivery, receipts, and refunds. | (1)(a) Every money transmitter licensee and its authorized delegates shall transmit the monetary equivalent of all money or equivalent value received from a customer for transmission, net of any fees, or issue instructions committing the money or its monetary equivalent, to the person designated by the customer within ... |
19.230.340 | Prohibited practices. | It is a violation of this chapter for any licensee, executive officer, responsible individual, or other person subject to this chapter in connection with the provision of money services to: (1) Directly or indirectly employ any scheme, device, or artifice to defraud or mislead any person, including but not limited to e... |
19.230.350 | Third-party account administrators—Licensure required—Requirements. | (1) A third-party account administrator must be licensed as a money transmitter under this chapter and comply with the following additional requirements: (a) A debtor's funds must be held in an account at an insured financial institution; (b) A debtor owns the funds held in the account and must be paid accrued interest... |
19.230.360 | Third-party account administrators—Record maintenance. | (1) A third-party account administrator shall maintain the following records for at least five years: (a) All contracts the third-party account administrator has entered into with debtors and debt adjusters; (b) Account statements identifying and itemizing deposits, transfers, disbursements, and fees; and (c) Any other... |
19.230.370 | Virtual currency licensees—Disclosures. | (1) Virtual currency licensees must provide to any person seeking to use the licensee's products or services the disclosures required by subsection (2) of this section. (2) As applicable, virtual currency licensees must make the following disclosures: (a) A schedule of all fees and charges the licensee may assess on a ... |
19.230.900 | Short title. | This chapter may be known and cited as the uniform money services act.
[ 2003 c 287 s 1 .] |
19.230.901 | Effective date—2003 c 287. | This act takes effect October 1, 2003.
[ 2003 c 287 s 37 .] |
19.230.902 | Implementation. | The director or the director's designee may take such steps as are necessary to ensure that chapter 287, Laws of 2003 is implemented on October 1, 2003. In particular, the director or the director's designee shall conduct outreach to small businesses and immigrant communities to enhance awareness of and compliance with... |
19.230.903 | Uniformity of application and construction. | In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
[ 2003 c 287 s 39 .] |
19.235.010 | Motion picture—Unauthorized recording—Penalty. | (1) Whoever, without the consent of the owner or lessee of the motion picture exhibition facility and the licensor of the motion picture being exhibited, knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function of a device in a motion picture exhibition facility is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (2) The owner or lessee of ... |
19.240.005 | Intent. | It is the intent of the legislature to relieve businesses from the obligation of reporting gift certificates as unclaimed property. In order to protect consumers, the legislature intends to prohibit acts and practices of retailers that deprive consumers of the full value of gift certificates, such as expiration dates, ... |
19.240.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1)(a) "Gift card" means a record as described in subsection (5)[(2)] of this section in the form of a card, or a stored value card or other physical medium, containing stored value primarily intended to be exch... |
19.240.020 | Unlawful actions—Remaining value—Lost/stolen gift certificates. | (1) Except as provided in RCW 19.240.030 , it is unlawful for any person or entity to issue, or to enforce against a bearer, a gift certificate that contains: (a) An expiration date; (b) Any fee, including a service fee; or (c) A dormancy or inactivity charge. (2) If a gift certificate is issued with the sale of tangib... |
19.240.030 | Expiration date allowed, when. | (1) It is lawful to issue, and to enforce against the bearer, a gift certificate containing an expiration date if: (a) The gift certificate is issued pursuant to an awards or loyalty program for the gift certificate. (b) The gift certificate is donated to a charitable organization without any money or other thing of va... |
19.240.080 | Abandoned gift certificates. | An issuer is not required to honor a gift certificate presumed abandoned under chapter 63.30 RCW, if reported and delivered to the department of revenue in the dissolution of a business association.
[ 2023 c 258 s 4 ; 2004 c 168 s 9 .]
Retroactive application — 2023 c 258 ss 2-8, 10, and 11: See note following RCW 19.1... |
19.240.090 | Value of gift certificate held in trust by issuer—Bankruptcy. | (1) A gift certificate constitutes value held in trust by the issuer of the gift certificate on behalf of the beneficiary of the gift certificate. The value represented by the gift certificate belongs to the beneficiary, or to the legal representative of the beneficiary to the extent provided by law, and not to the iss... |
19.240.100 | Gift certificates issued by financial institutions—Application of chapter. | This chapter does not apply to gift certificates issued by financial institutions as defined in *RCW 30.22.041 or their operating subsidiaries that are usable with multiple unaffiliated sellers of goods or services.
[ 2004 c 168 s 11 .]
*Reviser's note: RCW 30.22.041 was recodified as RCW 30A.22.041 pursuant to 2014 c ... |
19.240.110 | Agreement in violation of chapter. | An agreement made in violation of the provisions of this chapter is contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable against the bearer.
[ 2004 c 168 s 12 .] |
19.240.900 | Application—2004 c 168 ss 1-12. | Sections 1 through 12 of this act apply to: (1) Gift certificates issued on or after July 1, 2004; and (2) Those gift certificates presumed abandoned on or after July 1, 2004, and not reported as provided in chapter 63.30 RCW.
[ 2023 c 258 s 5 ; 2004 c 168 s 18 .]
Retroactive application — 2023 c 258 ss 2-8, 10, and 11... |
19.245.010 | Automated teller machine—Access fee or surcharge. | (1) The owner of an automated teller machine may charge an access fee or surcharge to a customer conducting a transaction using an account from a financial institution that is located outside of the United States. (2) "Automated teller machine" means the same as defined in RCW 19.174.020 . (3) "Financial institution" m... |
19.250.005 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Directory" or "directory form" means a categorized list or compilation of phone numbers, or a single phone number, in written, audio, electronic, digital, or any other format. (2) "Directory provider" means... |
19.250.010 | Wireless subscriber must opt-in to any directory database—Disclosure requirement. | (1) A radio communications service company or any direct or indirect affiliate or agent of a radio communications service company shall not include the wireless phone number of any subscriber for inclusion in any directory of any form, nor shall it sell the contents of any directory database, without first obtaining th... |
19.250.020 | Reasonable investigation required—Consent. | (1) A directory provider shall not include any phone number that belongs to a Washington state resident in any directory of any form, or sell the contents of any directory database, without first undertaking a reasonable ongoing investigation as to whether the phone number is a wireless phone number. An investigation u... |
19.250.030 | Removal from directory—Reverse phone number search services. | (1) A subscriber may request that a directory provider or a radio communications service company remove their wireless phone number from a directory of any form at any time. A radio communications service company or a directory provider shall, at no cost to the subscriber, comply with the subscriber's request to remove... |
19.250.040 | Violation—Application of chapter19.86RCW. | The legislature finds that allowing a subscriber to opt out of a reverse phone number search service vitally affects the public interest for the purpose of applying chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of RCW 19.250.030 by a provider of a reverse phone number search service is not reasonable in relation to the development an... |
19.250.050 | Violations—Penalties—Attorney general may enforce—Limitation of liability. | (1) Every knowing violation of RCW 19.250.010 is punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars and no more than fifty thousand dollars for each violation. (2) Including a wireless phone number in a directory without a subscriber's express, opt-in consent pursuant to RCW 19.250.020 is a violation of this ch... |
19.250.070 | Application of chapter—Limitations. | (1) The provision or maintenance of a subscriber's wireless phone number is not prohibited by this chapter when the number is provided or maintained by: (a) Any law enforcement agency, fire protection agency, public health agency, public environmental health agency, city or county emergency services planning agency, or... |
19.255.005 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Breach of the security of the system" means unauthorized acquisition of data that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of personal information maintained by the person or business. Good f... |
19.255.010 | Personal information—Notice of security breaches. | (1) Any person or business that conducts business in this state and that owns or licenses data that includes personal information shall disclose any breach of the security of the system to any resident of this state whose personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized pers... |
19.255.020 | Liability of processors, businesses, and vendors. | (1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Account information" means: (i) The full, unencrypted magnetic stripe of a credit card or debit card; (ii) the full, unencrypted account information contained on an identification device as defined under RCW 19.300.010 ; or (iii) the unencrypted primary account number on a credit ... |
19.255.030 | Federal law—Covered entities—Financial institutions. | (1) A covered entity under the federal health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1320d et seq., is deemed to have complied with the requirements of this chapter with respect to protected health information if it has complied with section 13402 of the federal health information technolo... |
19.255.040 | Consumer protection. | (1) Any waiver of the provisions of this chapter is contrary to public policy, and is void and unenforceable. (2) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state, or as parens patriae on behalf of persons residing in the state, to enforce this chapter. For actions brought by the attorney general to en... |
19.260.010 | Findings. | The legislature finds that appliance standards and design requirements: (1) For certain products sold or installed in the state assure consumers and businesses that such products meet minimum efficiency performance levels thus saving money on utility bills. (2) Save energy and reduce pollution and other environmental i... |
19.260.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Air compressor" means a compressor designed to compress air that has an inlet open to the atmosphere or other source of air and is made up of a compression element (bare compressor), a driver or drivers, me... |
19.260.030 | Application of chapter. | (1) This chapter applies to the following types of new products sold, offered for sale, or installed in the state: (a) Hot water dispensers and mini-tank electric water heaters; (b) Bottle-type water dispensers and point-of-use water dispensers; (c) Portable electric spas; (d) Tub spout diverters; (e) Commercial hot fo... |
19.260.040 | Minimum efficiency standards. | Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the minimum efficiency standards specified in this section apply to the types of new products set forth in RCW 19.260.030 as of the effective dates set forth in RCW 19.260.050 . (1) The department may adopt by rule a more recent version of any standard or test metho... |
19.260.050 | Limit on sale or installation of products required to meet or exceed standards in RCW19.260.040. | (1) The following products, if manufactured on or after January 1, 2010, may not be sold or offered in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040 : (a) Hot water dispensers and mini-tank electric water heaters; (b) Bottle-type water dispenser... |
19.260.060 | Department—Authority to adopt rules that reference federal standards—Recommended updates to standards. | (1) The department may adopt rules that incorporate by reference federal efficiency standards for federally covered products only as the standards existed on January 1, 2018. The department, in consultation with the office of the attorney general, must regularly submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legi... |
19.260.070 | Manufacturers must test products—Certification—Rules—Identification of products—Complaints—Penalty. | (1) The manufacturers of products covered by this chapter must test samples of their products in accordance with the test procedures under this chapter or those specified in the state building code. (2) Manufacturers of new products covered by RCW 19.260.030 shall certify to the department that the products are in comp... |
19.260.080 | Electric storage water heaters. | (1) An electric storage water heater, if manufactured on or after January 1, 2021, may not be installed, sold, or offered for sale, lease, or rent in the state unless it complies with the following design requirement: (a) The product must have a modular demand response communications port compliant with: (i) The March ... |
19.265.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Borrower" means a taxpayer who receives the proceeds of a refund anticipation loan. (2) "Department" means the department of financial institutions. (3) "Director" means the director of the department of fi... |
19.265.020 | Registration of facilitators. | (1) No person may individually, or in conjunction or cooperation with another person act as a facilitator unless that person is: (a) A tax preparer or works for a person that engages in the business of tax preparation; (b) Accepted by the internal revenue service as an authorized IRS e-file provider; and (c) Registered... |
19.265.030 | Required disclosure. | (1) For all refund anticipation loans, a facilitator must provide clear disclosure to the borrower prior to the borrower's completion of the application. The disclosure must contain the following: (a) The refund anticipation loan fee schedule; and (b) A written statement, in a minimum of ten-point type, containing the ... |
19.265.040 | Borrower may rescind loan—Manner. | A borrower may rescind a loan, on or before the close of business on the next day of business, by either returning the original check issued for the loan or providing the amount of the loan in cash to the lender or the facilitator. The facilitator may not charge the borrower a fee for rescinding the loan or a refund an... |
19.265.050 | Facilitators—Unlawful activities. | It is unlawful for a facilitator of a refund anticipation loan to engage in any of the following activities: (1) Misrepresent a material factor or condition of a refund anticipation loan; (2) Fail to process the application for a refund anticipation loan promptly after the consumer applies for the loan; (3) Engage in a... |
19.265.060 | Violation of chapter—Penalty. | Any person who knowingly and willfully violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined up to five hundred dollars for each offense.
[ 2005 c 471 s 7 .] |
19.265.070 | Finding—Application of chapter19.86RCW. | The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or dec... |
19.265.900 | Short title. | This chapter may be known and cited as the tax refund anticipation loan act.
[ 2005 c 471 s 1 .] |
19.270.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Advertisement" means a communication, the primary purpose of which is the commercial promotion of a commercial product or service, including a communication on an internet website that is operated for a com... |
19.270.020 | Unlawful activities—Unauthorized transmission of software. | It is unlawful for a person, without the authorization of the owner or operator, to transmit, or procure the transmission of, software to the owner or operator's computer with actual knowledge or conscious avoidance of actual knowledge that the software does any of the following: (1) Modifies, through deceptive means, ... |
19.270.040 | Unlawful activities—Installation or execution of software component—Deceptive misrepresentation. | It is unlawful for a person who is not an owner or operator to do any of the following with regard to the owner or operator's computer: (1) Induce an owner or operator to install a computer software component onto the computer by deceptively misrepresenting the extent to which installing the software is necessary for m... |
19.270.050 | Application and construction of RCW19.270.020(5) through (11) or19.270.040. | (1) Neither RCW 19.270.020 (5) through (11) nor 19.270.040 apply to any monitoring of, or interaction with, a subscriber's internet or other network connection or service, or a computer, by a telecommunications carrier, cable operator, computer hardware or software provider, or provider of information service or intera... |
19.270.060 | Who may bring an action—Damages—Attorneys' fees—Limit of damages. | (1) In addition to any other remedies provided by this chapter or any other provision of law, the attorney general, or a provider of computer software or owner of a website or trademark who is adversely affected by reason of a violation of this chapter, and whose action arises directly out of such person's status as a ... |
19.270.070 | Intent—Chapter preempts local laws. | It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter is a matter of statewide concern. This chapter supersedes and preempts all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, and other laws adopted by a city, county, city and county, municipality, or local agency regarding spyware and notices to consumers from computer softwa... |
19.270.080 | Chapter19.86RCW not affected. | Chapter 500, Laws of 2005 does not add to, contract, alter, or amend any cause of action allowed under chapter 19.86 RCW and does not affect in any way the application of chapter 19.86 RCW to any future case or fact pattern.
[ 2005 c 500 s 8 .] |
19.275.010 | Findings. | The legislature finds that pyramid schemes, chain letters, and related illegal schemes are enterprises: (1) That finance returns to participants through sums taken from newly attracted participants; (2) In which new participants are promised large returns for their investment or contribution; and (3) That involve unfai... |
19.275.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Compensation" means payment, regardless of how it is characterized, of money, financial benefit, or thing of value. "Compensation" does not include payment based on the sale of goods or services to anyone w... |
19.275.030 | Pyramid scheme—Prohibition. | (1) No person may establish, promote, operate, or participate in any pyramid scheme. (2) A limitation as to the number of persons who may participate, or the presence of additional conditions affecting eligibility for the opportunity to receive compensation under the scheme, does not change the identity of the scheme a... |
19.275.040 | Application of the consumer protection act. | The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or dec... |
19.275.900 | Short title—2006 c 65. | This act may be cited as the "antipyramid promotional scheme act."
[ 2006 c 65 s 5 .] |
19.280.010 | Intent—Finding. | It is the intent of the legislature to encourage the development of new safe, clean, and reliable energy resources to meet demand in Washington for affordable and reliable electricity. To achieve this end, the legislature finds it essential that electric utilities in Washington develop comprehensive resource plans that... |
19.280.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Combined heat and power" means the sequential production of electricity and useful thermal energy from a common fuel source where, under normal operating conditions, the facility has a useful thermal energy... |
19.280.030 | Development of a resource plan—Requirements of a resource plan—Clean energy action plan. | Each electric utility must develop a plan consistent with this section. (1) Utilities with more than 25,000 customers that are not full requirements customers must develop or update an integrated resource plan by September 1, 2008. At a minimum, progress reports reflecting changing conditions and the progress of the in... |
19.280.040 | Investor-owned utilities submit integrated resource plans to the commission—Rules. | (1) Investor-owned utilities shall submit integrated resource plans to the commission. The commission shall establish by rule the requirements for preparation and submission of integrated resource plans. (2) The commission may adopt additional rules as necessary to clarify the requirements of RCW 19.280.030 as they app... |
19.280.050 | Consumer-owned utilities. | (1) The governing body of a consumer-owned utility that develops a plan under this chapter shall encourage participation of its consumers in development of the plans and progress reports and approve the plans and progress reports after it has provided public notice and hearing. (2) Each consumer-owned utility shall tra... |
19.280.060 | Department's duties—Report to the legislature. | The department shall review the plans of consumer-owned utilities and investor-owned utilities, and data available from other state, regional, and national sources, and prepare an electronic report to the legislature aggregating the data and assessing the overall adequacy of Washington's electricity supply. The report ... |
19.280.065 | Department and commission meeting—Summary to the governor and legislature.(Expires January 1, 2031.) | (1) At least once every twelve months, the department and the commission shall jointly convene a meeting of representatives of the investor-owned utilities and consumer-owned utilities, regional planning organizations, transmission operators, energy analytics experts at Pacific Northwest national laboratory, and other ... |
19.280.070 | Combined heat and power systems—Valuation—Assessment. | (1) The legislature finds that combined heat and power systems provide both energy and capacity resources. Failure to assess the electric output of combined heat and power systems as both an energy and a capacity resource may result in a failure to account for the total benefits of that output in its posted price. (2) ... |
19.280.080 | Combined heat and power systems—Power purchase agreements. | (1) The legislature finds that power purchase agreements of a minimum of fifteen years for the electric output of combined heat and power systems may be advantageous to both electric utilities and the owners or operators of combined heat and power systems. (2) Electric utilities with over twenty-five thousand customers... |
19.280.090 | Combined heat and power systems—Report to the legislature. | The Washington State University extension energy program may electronically submit an annual report to the appropriate legislative committees on the planned and completed combined heat and power facilities in the state, including but not limited to the following information: Number, size, and customer base of combined ... |
19.280.100 | Distributed energy resources planning. | (1) The legislature finds that the proliferation of distributed energy resources across the distribution system is rapidly transforming the relationships between electric utilities and their retail electric customers. The legislature finds that distributed energy resources planning processes will vary from one utility ... |
19.280.110 | Transmission services—Consideration to conditional firm service. | (1) Electric utilities must in their planning and selection of renewable resources give reasonable consideration, consistent with prudent utility practice, to renewable resources that would use transmission services considered to be conditional firm under the tariff of the relevant transmission provider. For the purpos... |
19.285.010 | Intent. | This chapter concerns requirements for new energy resources. This chapter requires large utilities to obtain fifteen percent of their electricity from new renewable resources such as solar and wind by 2020 and undertake cost-effective energy conservation.
[ 2007 c 1 s 1 (Initiative Measure No. 937, approved November 7,... |
19.285.020 | Declaration of policy. | Increasing energy conservation and the use of appropriately sited renewable energy facilities builds on the strong foundation of low-cost renewable hydroelectric generation in Washington state and will promote energy independence in the state and the Pacific Northwest region. Making the most of our plentiful local reso... |
19.285.030 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Attorney general" means the Washington state office of the attorney general. (2) "Auditor" means: (a) The Washington state auditor's office or its designee for qualifying utilities under its jurisdiction th... |
19.285.040 | Energy conservation and renewable energy targets. | (1) Each qualifying utility shall pursue all available conservation that is cost-effective, reliable, and feasible. (a) By January 1, 2010, using methodologies consistent with those used by the Pacific Northwest electric power and conservation planning council in the most recently published regional power plan as it ex... |
19.285.045 | Energy conservation and renewable energy targets—Analysis and advisory opinion. | (1) When requested by a consumer-owned qualifying utility or by a person proposing an electric generation project or conservation resource, the department is authorized to and shall provide analysis and an advisory opinion on whether a proposed electric generation project or conservation resource qualifies to meet a ta... |
19.285.050 | Resource costs. | (1)(a) A qualifying utility shall be considered in compliance with an annual target created in RCW 19.285.040 (2) for a given year if the utility invested four percent of its total annual retail revenue requirement on the incremental costs of eligible renewable resources, the cost of renewable energy credits, or a comb... |
19.285.060 | Accountability and enforcement. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a qualifying utility that fails to comply with the energy conservation or renewable energy targets established in RCW 19.285.040 shall pay an administrative penalty to the state of Washington in the amount of fifty dollars for each megawatt-hour of shortfall. Be... |
19.285.070 | Reporting and public disclosure. | (1) On or before June 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each qualifying utility shall report to the department on its progress in the preceding year in meeting the targets established in RCW 19.285.040 , including expected electricity savings from the biennial conservation target, expenditures on conservation, actual e... |
19.285.080 | Rule making. | (1) The commission may adopt rules to ensure the proper implementation and enforcement of this chapter as it applies to investor-owned utilities. (2) The department shall adopt rules concerning only process, timelines, and documentation to ensure the proper implementation of this chapter as it applies to qualifying uti... |
19.285.900 | Construction—2007 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 937). | The provisions of this chapter are to be liberally construed to effectuate the intent, policies, and purposes of this chapter.
[ 2007 c 1 s 9 (Initiative Measure No. 937, approved November 7, 2006).] |
19.285.902 | Short title—2007 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 937). | This chapter may be known and cited as the energy independence act.
[ 2007 c 1 s 11 (Initiative Measure No. 937, approved November 7, 2006).] |
19.290.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Commercial account" means a relationship between a scrap metal business and a commercial enterprise that is ongoing and properly documented under RCW 19.290.030 . (2) "Commercial enterprise" means a corpora... |
19.290.020 | Nonferrous metal property—Records required. | (1) At the time of a transaction, every scrap metal business doing business in this state shall produce wherever that business is conducted an accurate and legible record of each transaction involving nonferrous metal property. This record must be written in the English language, documented on a standardized form or in... |
19.290.030 | Metal property and metallic wire—Requirements for transactions. | (1) No scrap metal business may enter into a transaction to purchase or receive nonferrous metal property from any person who cannot produce at least one piece of current government-issued picture identification, including a valid driver's license or identification card issued by any state. (2) No scrap metal business ... |
19.290.040 | Scrap metal businesses—Record of commercial accounts. | (1) Every scrap metal business must create and maintain a permanent record with a commercial enterprise, including another scrap metal business, in order to establish a commercial account. That record, at a minimum, must include the following information: (a) The full name of the commercial enterprise or commercial acc... |
19.290.050 | Reports to law enforcement—Records exempt from public disclosure—Private civil liability. | (1) In addition to all other requirements of this chapter, upon request by any commissioned law enforcement officer of the state or any of its political subdivisions, every scrap metal business shall furnish a full, true, and correct transcript of the records from the purchase or receipt of nonferrous metal property an... |
19.290.060 | Stolen metal property—Preserving evidence. | (1) Following notification in writing from a commissioned law enforcement officer of the state or any of its political subdivisions that an item of nonferrous metal property or commercial metal property has been reported as stolen, a scrap metal business shall hold that property intact and safe from alteration, damage,... |
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