The attorney general shall not commence any action under RCW 24.03A.946 against a religious corporation; intervene in any action under RCW 24.03A.948 involving a religious corporation; institute any investigation under RCW 24.03A.950, the subject of which is a religious corporation; or serve any civil investigative demand under RCW 24.03A.952 on a religious corporation, unless for the purposes of this section only:

(1) The basis for the action, investigation, or civil investigative demand is the attorney general's knowledge of facts, circumstances, or results that property held by the religious corporation for charitable purposes has been, is threatened to be, or is about to be distributed in violation of RCW 24.03A.155;

(2) The board of directors of the religious corporation has adopted a resolution in the form of a record requesting the attorney general's involvement in the action or investigation; or

(3) The attorney general has knowledge of facts, circumstances, or results indicating that the religious corporation has no directors in office, in which case the attorney general may investigate the issue of whether the religious corporation has directors in office, and, if necessary, appoint one or more directors of the religious corporation following the procedure set out in RCW 24.03A.535(4).

Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.