For the privilege of doing business, every corporation organized under the laws of this state, except the corporations for which existing law provides a different fee schedule, shall make and file a statement in the form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall pay an annual license fee each year following incorporation, on or before the expiration date of its corporate license, to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall collect an annual license fee of ten dollars for each inactive corporation and fifty dollars for other corporations. As used in this section, "inactive corporation" means a corporation that certifies at the time of filing under this section that it did not engage in any business activities during the year ending on the expiration date of its corporate license.

[1993 c 269 § 3; 1989 c 165 § 19.]

NOTES:

     Effective date -- 1993 c 269: See note following RCW 23.86.070.