1893-S AMH ABBA LEON 870

SHB 1893 - H AMD 961

By Representative Abbarno

NOT ADOPTED 02/13/2024

On page 4, beginning on line 33, strike all of subsection (k)

On page 6, after line 39, insert the following:

"(6) If an individual's unemployment is due to a strike at the separating employer's factory, establishment, or other premises at which the individual is or was last employed, the benefit payments may not be charged to the experience rating account of any employer, and may not be factored into the social cost factor for the total taxable payroll for purposes of RCW 50.29.025. The benefit payments must be paid in accordance with section 4 of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 50.16 RCW to read as follows:

The striking worker benefit account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Funds in the account must consist of appropriations and transfers by the legislature and all other funding directed for deposit into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for providing benefits under section 4 of this act. Only the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 50.20 RCW to read as follows:

If an individual's unemployment is due to a strike at the separating employer's factory, establishment, or other premises at which the individual is or was last employed, those benefit payments must be paid from the account under section 3 of this act. Benefits are subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose."

Renumber the remaining section consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly. Correct the title.

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