2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 48.104.040: Holocaust survivor assistance office. (Expires December 31, 2010.)

(1) To assist Holocaust victims, their heirs, or their beneficiaries to recover proceeds from insurance policies that were improperly denied or processed, or from other assets, or both, the insurance commissioner may establish a Holocaust survivor assistance office.

     (2) The insurance commissioner may appoint or deputize personnel to be engaged or employed by the Holocaust survivor assistance office and utilize insurance department personnel to resolve or settle claims of Holocaust victims. The insurance commissioner may also engage outside auditors or other qualified personnel to assist in the investigation of claims made by Holocaust victims, their heirs, or their beneficiaries.

     (3) The insurance commissioner may cooperate and exchange information with other states establishing similar Holocaust survivor assistance offices and with the international commission, and may enter into agreements whereby a single processing office may be established on behalf of, and to provide services to the residents of, several states.

[1999 c 8 § 4.]