RCW 70.79.320 — Operating without inspection certificate prohibited—Penalty.
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- (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate under pressure in this state a boiler or unfired pressure vessel, to which this chapter applies, without a valid inspection certificate as provided for in this chapter.
- (2) The department may assess a penalty against a person violating a provision of this chapter. The penalty shall be not more than five hundred dollars. Each day that the violation continues is a separate violation and is subject to a separate penalty.
- (3) The department may not assess a penalty until it adopts rules describing the method it will use to calculate penalties for various violations.
- (4) The department shall notify the violator of its action, and the reasons for its action, in writing. The department shall send the notice using a method by which the mailing can be tracked or the delivery can be confirmed to the violator that a hearing may be requested under RCW 70.79.361. The hearing shall not stay the effect of the penalty.
[ 2011 c 301 s 21; 2005 c 22 s 6; 1986 c 97 s 2; 1951 c 32 s 31.]