CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 3134

Chapter 163, Laws of 2006

59th Legislature
2006 Regular Session



WORKERS' COMPENSATION--TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT DISABILITY



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/7/06

Passed by the House February 14, 2006
  Yeas 96   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 2, 2006
  Yeas 44   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 3134 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 21, 2006.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 21, 2006 - 2:26 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 3134
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Passed Legislature - 2006 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2006 Regular Session

By Representatives Conway, Wood, Chase and Kenney

Read first time 01/23/2006.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.



     AN ACT Relating to compensation for temporary or permanent total disability; and amending RCW 51.32.225.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 51.32.225 and 1986 c 59 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) For persons receiving compensation for temporary or permanent total disability under this title, the compensation shall be reduced by the department to allow an offset for social security retirement benefits payable under the federal social security, old age survivors, and disability insurance act, 42 U.S.C. This reduction shall not apply to any worker who is receiving permanent total disability benefits prior to July 1, 1986.
     (2) Reductions for social security retirement benefits under this section shall comply with the procedures in RCW 51.32.220 (1) through (6)((, except those that relate to computation,)) and with any other procedures established by the department to administer this section. For any worker whose entitlement to social security retirement benefits is immediately preceded by an entitlement to social security disability benefits, the offset shall be based on the formulas provided under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 424a. For all other workers entitled to social security retirement benefits, the offset shall be based on procedures established and determined by the department to most closely follow the intent of RCW 51.32.220.
     (3) Any reduction in compensation made under chapter 58, Laws of 1986, shall be made before the reduction established in this section.


         Passed by the House February 14, 2006.
         Passed by the Senate March 2, 2006.
         Approved by the Governor March 21, 2006.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 21, 2006.