RCW 19.02.010 Purpose—Intent. (1) Experience under the pilot program of the business coordination act suggests that the number of state licenses required for new businesses and the renewal of existing licenses places an undue burden on business. Studies under this act also show that the state can reduce its costs by coordinating and consolidating application […]
RCW 19.02.020 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Business license” means the single document designed for public display issued by the business licensing service, which certifies state agency or local government license approval and which incorporates the endorsements for individual licenses included in the […]
RCW 19.02.030 Business licensing service—Duties—Rules. (1) There is located within the department a business licensing service. (2) The duties of the business licensing service include: (a) Developing and administering a computerized one-stop business licensing system capable of storing, retrieving, and exchanging license information with due regard to privacy statutes, as well as issuing and renewing […]
RCW 19.02.035 Business licensing service to compile and distribute information—Scope. (1) The business licensing service must compile information regarding the regulatory programs associated with each of the licenses obtainable under the business licensing system. This information must include, at a minimum, a listing of the statutes and administrative rules requiring the licenses and pertaining to […]
RCW 19.02.050 Participation of state agencies. Each of the following agencies must fully participate in the implementation of this chapter: (1) Department of agriculture; (2) Secretary of state; (3) Department of social and health services; (4) Department of revenue; (5) Department of fish and wildlife; (6) Employment security department; (7) Department of labor and industries; […]
RCW 19.02.055 Agency duties—Information—Certification. (1)(a) Each agency required to fully participate in the implementation of this chapter under RCW 19.02.050 must provide the department with the name of the agency’s coordinator for the purposes of implementing the requirements of this section. Using a format designated by the department, each agency must provide the department with […]
RCW 19.02.070 Issuance of licenses—Scope—Business license application and fees—Action by regulatory agency, when—Agencies provided information. (1) Any person requiring licenses that have been incorporated into the system must submit a business license application to the department requesting the issuance of the licenses. The business license application form must contain in consolidated form information necessary for […]
RCW 19.02.075 Business license application handling and renewal fees—Department review of the business license account balance. (1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the department must collect a handling fee on each business license application and each renewal application filing. The department must set the amount of the handling fees by rule, as […]
RCW 19.02.080 Licensing fees—Disposition of. All fees collected under the system must be deposited with the state treasurer. Upon issuance or renewal of the business license or supplemental licenses, the department must distribute the fees, except for fees covered under RCW 19.02.210 and for fees covered under RCW 19.80.075, to the appropriate accounts under the […]
RCW 19.02.085 Licensing fees—Business license delinquency fee—Rate—Disposition. (1) To encourage timely renewal by applicants, a business license delinquency fee is imposed on licensees who fail to renew by the business license expiration date. The business license delinquency fee must be the lesser of one hundred fifty dollars or fifty percent of a base comprised of […]
RCW 19.02.090 Business license—Expiration date—Prorated fees—Conditions of renewal. (1) The department must assign an expiration date for each business license. All renewable licenses endorsed on that business license must expire on that date. License fees must be prorated to accommodate the staggering of expiration dates. (2) All renewable licenses endorsed on a business license must […]
RCW 19.02.100 Business license—Issuance or renewal—Denial. (1) The department may refuse to issue or renew a business license to any person if: (a) The person does not have a valid tax registration, if required by a regulatory agency; (b) The person is a corporation delinquent in fees or penalties owing to the secretary of state […]
RCW 19.02.110 Business license—System to include additional licenses. (1) In addition to the licenses processed under the business licensing system prior to April 1, 1982, on July 1, 1982, use of the business licensing system is expanded as provided by this section. (2) Applications for the following must be filed with the business licensing service […]
RCW 19.02.115 Licensing information—Authorized disclosure—Penalty. (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) “Disclose” means to make known to any person in any manner licensing information. (b) “Licensing information” means any information created or obtained by the department in the administration of this chapter and chapters […]
RCW 19.02.210 Business license account. The business license account is created in the state treasury. Unless otherwise indicated in RCW 19.02.075, all receipts from handling and business license delinquency fees must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation beginning in fiscal year 1993. Expenditures from the account […]
RCW 19.02.300 Contract to issue conditional federal employer identification numbers, credentials, and documents—Issuance in conjunction with license applications. (1) The director may contract with the federal internal revenue service, or other appropriate federal agency, to issue conditional federal employer identification numbers, or other federal credentials or documents, at specified offices and locations of the agency […]
RCW 19.02.310 Performance-based grant program. (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department may administer a performance-based grant program that provides funding assistance to public agencies that issue business licenses and that wish to join with the department’s business licensing service. (2) The department may determine among interested grant […]
RCW 19.02.320 Employment of minors. A person seeking a work permit for the employment of minors under RCW 49.12.121 is not required to complete an entirely new *master application if there are no changes to any other information submitted on the most recent *master application. The person need only complete the parts of a new […]
RCW 19.02.800 Business license system—Certain business or professional activity licenses exempt. Except as provided in RCW 43.07.200, the provisions of this chapter regarding the processing of license applications and renewals under the business licensing system do not apply to those business or professional activities that are licensed or regulated under chapter 31.04, 31.12, or 31.13 […]
RCW 19.02.890 Short title. This chapter may be known and cited as the business licensing service act. [ 2013 c 144 § 30; 1982 c 182 § 18.]
