WAC 296-200A-405   When must a contractor pay assessed monetary penalties?  (1) If a contractor named in a notice of infraction does not choose to appeal the notice, then the contractor must pay the department the amount of the penalty prescribed for the infraction.

     (2) After an administrative law judge decides that an infraction has been committed, a contractor who does not appeal the decision to a superior court, has thirty days to pay any outstanding monetary penalties. Failure to do so is a gross misdemeanor and may be prosecuted in the county where the infraction occurred.

     (3) A contractor who has exhausted all appeal opportunities and fails to pay an assessed monetary penalty within thirty days after exhausting those opportunities shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and may be prosecuted in the county where the infraction occurred.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.27 RCW and 2007 c 436. 08-16-091, § 296-200A-405, filed 8/4/08, effective 9/4/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.27.040, 18.27.070, 18.27.075, 18.27.125, 2001 c 159, and chapter 18.27 RCW. 03-20-097, § 296-200A-405, filed 9/30/03, effective 11/17/03. Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.27 RCW. 97-24-071, § 296-200A-405, filed 12/2/97, effective 1/5/98.]