CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1244

                    Chapter 34, Laws of 1991

                        52nd Legislature

                      1991 Regular Session

CONTRACTOR AVOIDANCE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

                  COMPENSATION PAYMENTS STUDY

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/28/91

Passed by the House March 11, 1991

  Yeas 97   Nays 0

              JOE KING             

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 10, 1991

  Yeas 41   Nays 0

           ALAN BLUECHEL           

President of the Senate

Approved April 22, 1991

           BOOTH GARDNER           

Governor of the State of Washington

CERTIFICATE

I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1244 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

            ALAN THOMPSON             Chief Clerk

                                     FILED         

                April 22, 1991 - 1:38 p.m.

                        Secretary of State   

                       State of Washington  

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                             ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1244

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                     Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives Heavey, Cole, R. King, Winsley, Jones, Prentice, O'Brien, R. Meyers, Ebersole and Rasmussen.

Read first time January 23, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.Requiring a study by the legislative budget committee of employer avoidance of industrial insurance premiums and unemployment compensation contributions.

     AN ACT Relating to employers' payment of industrial insurance premiums and unemployment compensation contributions; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.      The employment security department and the department of labor and industries shall investigate the practice by some construction contractors of avoiding employer obligations for industrial insurance premiums and unemployment compensation contributions under RCW 51.08.180, 50.04.140, and 50.04.145 by requiring workers employed by them to register under RCW 18.27.020 as contractors.  The departments shall, by December 1, 1991, submit a report to the legislature on the extent of the practice and the amount of funds lost to the state and make recommendations for legislative or agency action.

     Passed the House March 11, 1991.

     Passed the Senate April 10, 1991.

Approved by the Governor April 22, 1991.

     Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 22, 1991.