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The business community supports this bill. Businesses are burdened with the current system, <br />and this helps alleviate the burden. It makes sense to simplify the administration. Multiple <br />city requirements, locations, and differences in renewal dates makes it challenging to comply. <br />Under this bill, the Department administers the licensing process, but the cities retain <br />significant autonomy over their own rates and enforcement. <br />This bill provides a number of safety valves with delays, long implementation timelines and <br />exemptions for FileLocal, and findings of hardships in order to make sure the timeline works <br />for participating cities and businesses. <br />(Opposed) None. <br />(Other) Cities should have the option to use FileLocal or reject participation. <br />The hardship thresholds need to be reviewed and determined if they are appropriate. Cities <br />with populations over 500 have serious problems and should be granted flexibility as well. <br />There should be an advisory board to determine the right hardship parameters. <br />Persons Testifying: (In support) Representative Lytton, prime sponser; Ron Bueing and Eric <br />Lohnes, Association of Washington Business; Roger Flygare, Flygare and Associates; Mark <br />Johnson, Washington Retail Association; and Patrick Connor, National Federation of <br />Independent Business. <br />(Opposed) None. <br />(Other) Peter King and Paul Roberts, Association of Washington Cities; and Glen Lee, City <br />of Seattle. <br />Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None. <br />House Bill Report 6 EHB 2005 <br />20 <br />