Professional accounts

AN ACT Relating to transferring dedicated accounts for certain 1
professional licenses to the business and professions account; 2
amending RCW 43.24.150; creating a new section; repealing RCW 3
18.08.240, 18.39.810, 18.96.210, 18.140.260, 18.220.120, and 4
18.310.160; and providing an effective date. 5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:6
Sec. 1. RCW 43.24.150 and 2017 c 281 s 40 are each amended to 7
read as follows: 8
(1) The business and professions account is created in the state 9
treasury. All receipts from business or professional licenses, 10
registrations, certifications, renewals, examinations, or civil 11
penalties assessed and collected by the department from the following 12
chapters must be deposited into the account: 13
(a) Chapter 18.08 RCW, architects, except as provided in RCW 14
18.08.510;15
(b) Chapter 18.11 RCW, auctioneers; 16
(((b))) (c) Chapter 18.16 RCW, cosmetologists, barbers, and 17
manicurists; 18
(((c))) (d) Chapter 18.39 RCW, embalmers and funeral directors;19
(e) Chapter 18.96 RCW, landscape architects;20
(f) Chapter 18.140 RCW, certified real estate appraisers;21
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HOUSE BILL 1300
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Donaghy, Reeves, and Ormsby; by request of
Department of Licensing
Read first time 01/15/25. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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(g) Chapter 18.145 RCW, court reporters; 1
(((d))) (h) Chapter 18.165 RCW, private investigators;2
(((e))) (i) Chapter 18.170 RCW, security guards;3
(((f))) (j) Chapter 18.185 RCW, bail bond agents;4
(((g))) (k) Chapter 18.220 RCW, geologists;5
(l) Chapter 18.280 RCW, home inspectors; 6
(((h))) (m) Chapter 18.310 RCW, appraisal management companies;7
(n) Chapter 19.16 RCW, collection agencies; 8
(((i))) (o) Chapter 19.31 RCW, employment agencies;9
(((j))) (p) Chapter 19.105 RCW, camping resorts;10
(((k))) (q) Chapter 19.138 RCW, sellers of travel;11
(((l))) (r) Chapter 42.45 RCW, notaries public;12
(((m))) (s) Chapter 64.36 RCW, timeshares; 13
(((n))) (t) Chapter 67.08 RCW, boxing, martial arts, and 14
wrestling; 15
(((o))) (u) Chapter 68.05 RCW, funeral and cemetery board;16
(v) Chapter 18.300 RCW, body art, body piercing, and tattooing;17
(((p))) (w) Chapter 79A.60 RCW, whitewater river outfitters;18
(((q))) (x) Chapter 19.158 RCW, commercial telephone 19
solicitation; and 20
(((r))) (y) Chapter 19.290 RCW, scrap metal businesses.21
Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. 22
Expenditures from the account may be used only for expenses incurred 23
in carrying out these business and professions licensing activities 24
of the department. Any residue in the account must be accumulated and 25
may not revert to the general fund at the end of the biennium. 26
((However, during the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium the legislature may 27
transfer to the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess 28
fund balance in the account.))29
(2) The director must biennially prepare a budget request based 30
on the anticipated costs of administering the business and 31
professions licensing activities listed in subsection (1) of this 32
section, which must include the estimated income from these business 33
and professions fees. 34
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The following acts or parts of acts are 35
each repealed:36
(1) RCW 18.08.240 (Architects' license account) and 2018 c 207 s 37
9, 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 2, 1985 c 57 s 4, & 1959 c 323 s 15;38
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(2) RCW 18.39.810 (Funeral and cemetery account) and 2018 c 299 s 1
919 & 2009 c 102 s 24; 2
(3) RCW 18.96.210 (Landscape architects' license account) and 3
2009 c 370 s 17; 4
(4) RCW 18.140.260 (Real estate appraiser commission account) and 5
2005 c 339 s 20 & 2002 c 86 s 241; 6
(5) RCW 18.220.120 (Geologists' account) and 2000 c 253 s 13; and7
(6) RCW 18.310.160 (Appraisal management company account) and 8
2010 c 179 s 16. 9
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Any residual balance of funds remaining, 10
as of December 31, 2025, in the architects' license account except as 11
provided in RCW 18.08.510, the funeral and cemetery account, the 12
landscape architects' license account, the real estate appraiser 13
commission account, the geologists' account, and the appraisal 14
management company account must be transferred to the business and 15
professions account in RCW 43.24.150. The treasurer shall make the 16
transfer after being notified by the office of financial management 17
that it has completed the financial statement for fiscal year 2025, 18
and no later than February 28, 2026.19
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. This act takes effect January 1, 2026.20
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