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                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2585

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives J. Kohl, Heavey, Fuhrman, Jones, G. Cole and Basich; by request of Department of Labor & Industries)

Read first time 02/07/92.  Continuing the industrial insurance labor-management cooperation program.

     AN ACT Relating to the industrial insurance labor-management cooperation program; amending 1991 c 172 s 2 (uncodified); adding a new chapter to Title 51 RCW; and repealing 1991 c 172 s 6 (uncodified).

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

     Sec. 1.  1991 c 172 s 2 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this ((act)) chapter.

     (1) (("Department" means the department of labor and industries.

     (2) "Director" means the director of the department of labor and industries.

     (3))) "Local industrial insurance labor-management committee" means a formal, nonprofit organization structured for continuing service with voluntary membership,  intended to provide information on and address issues regarding industrial insurance issues in a distinct and identifiable geographic region or industry, and including equal membership from labor and management.

     (((4))) (2) "Program" means the industrial insurance labor-management cooperation program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.      1991 c 172 s 2 (uncodified) as amended by section 1 of this act and sections 1 and 3, chapter 172, Laws of 1991 (uncodified) shall constitute a new chapter in Title 51 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.      1991 c 172 s 6 (uncodified) is repealed.