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                                                     SENATE BILL 5659

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Prentice, Owen, Sellar, Bauer, Franklin, Moyer, Moore, Prince, Snyder, Sutherland, Fraser, Winsley, M. Rasmussen and von Reichbauer; by request of Employment Security Department

Read first time 02/08/93.  Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.

Regulating the Washington service corps.

          AN ACT Relating to the Washington service corps; amending RCW 50.65.040; repealing RCW 50.65.900; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  RCW 50.65.040 and 1987 c 167 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

          The commissioner may select and enroll in the Washington service corps program any person who is at least eighteen years of age but has not reached their twenty-sixth birthday, is a resident of the state, and who is not for medical, legal, or psychological reasons incapable of service.  In addition, the commissioner may select and enroll youth fourteen to seventeen years of age on special projects during the summer and at other times during the school year that may complement and support their school curriculum or that link and support service with learning.  In the selection of enrollees of the service corps, preference shall be given to youths residing in areas, both urban and rural, in which there exists substantial unemployment above the state average.  Efforts shall be made to enroll youths who are economically, socially, physically, or educationally disadvantaged.  The commissioner may prescribe such additional standards and procedures in consultation with supervising agencies as may be necessary in conformance with this chapter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.      RCW 50.65.900 and 1987 c 167 s 9 & 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 s 14 are each repealed.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.      This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect June 30, 1993.

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