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HOUSE BILL NO. 1635
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C 134 L 86
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By Representatives Wang, Hankins, Belcher, O'Brien, Allen, Hine, Jacobsen, Cole, Brekke, Brough, Miller, R. King, P. King, Armstrong, Locke, Wineberry and Todd; by request of Governor Gardner
Read first time 1/21/86 and referred to Committee on State Government.
AN ACT Relating to day care for the children of state employees; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that: (1) There is an increasing demand for affordable, accessible, and quality child day care for the children of state employees; (2) child day care services on or near the employment site are of benefit to employees, their children, and employers; and (3) there is a need to determine the feasibility of providing space for child day care facilities on or near state employees' work sites. Therefore, the legislature finds that it is in the public interest to require a feasibility study as provided in this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. (1) The department of general administration shall conduct a study analyzing the feasibility of providing space for the day care of the children of state employees in or near (a) existing state-owned or leased facilities, and (b) planned facilities that will be owned or leased by the state.
(2) The study required by this section shall (a) include consideration of any constraints created by the architecture, size, and the number of employees housed in a given structure; licensing of day care facilities, costs, and other factors identified by the department; and (b) recommend the appropriate state policy or policies regarding providing space for child day care in or near state-owned or leased facilities.
(3) The study required by this section shall be submitted no later than October 30, 1986, to (a) the governor, and (b) the chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate for submittal to and review by the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.