19.28.381 - Denial of renewal of certificate or license for outstanding penalties -- Notice -- Appeal -- Hearing. - Washington Statutes

Denial of renewal of certificate or license for outstanding penalties — Notice — Appeal — Hearing.

The department may deny renewal of a certificate or license issued under this chapter, if the applicant for renewal owes outstanding penalties for a final judgment under this chapter. The department shall notify the applicant of the denial by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address on the application. The applicant may appeal the denial within twenty days by filing a notice of appeal with the department accompanied by a certified check for two hundred dollars which shall be returned to the applicant if the decision of the department is not upheld by the board. The office of administrative hearings shall conduct the hearing under chapter 34.05 RCW. The electrical board shall review the proposed decision at the next regularly scheduled board meeting. If the board sustains the decision of the department, the two hundred dollars must be applied to the cost of the hearing.

[1996 c 241 § 1. Formerly RCW 19.28.630.]