(1) Any contractor or subcontractor who files a false statement
or fails to file any statement or record required to be filed
under this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter,
shall, after a determination to that effect has been issued by
the director after hearing under chapter 34.05 RCW, forfeit as a
civil penalty the sum of five hundred dollars for each false
filing or failure to file, and shall not be permitted to bid, or
have a bid considered, on any public works contract until the
penalty has been paid in full to the director. The civil penalty
under this subsection shall not apply to a violation determined
by the director to be an inadvertent filing or reporting error.
Civil penalties shall be deposited in the public works
administration account.
To the extent that a contractor or subcontractor has not
paid wages at the rate due pursuant to RCW 39.12.020, and a
finding to that effect has been made as provided by this
subsection, such unpaid wages shall constitute a lien against the
bonds and retainage as provided in RCW 18.27.040, 19.28.041,
39.08.010, and 60.28.011.
(2) If a contractor or subcontractor is found to have
violated the provisions of subsection (1) of this section for a
second time within a five year period, the contractor or
subcontractor shall be subject to the sanctions prescribed in
subsection (1) of this section and shall not be allowed to bid on
any public works contract for one year. The one year period
shall run from the date of notice by the director of the
determination of noncompliance. When an appeal is taken from the
director's determination, the one year period shall commence from
the date of the final determination of the appeal.
The director shall issue his or her findings that a
contractor or subcontractor has violated the provisions of this
subsection after a hearing held subject to the provisions of
chapter 34.05 RCW.
[2009 c 219 § 3; 2001 c 219 § 1; 1985 c 15 § 3; 1977 ex.s. c 71 § 1; 1973 c 120 § 1; 1945 c 63 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 10322-24.]
NOTES:
Severability -- 1985 c 15: See note following RCW 39.12.065.