SENATE BILL REPORT
EHB 2390
AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON LABOR & COMMERCE, FEBRUARY 25, 1994
Brief Description: Clarifying statutes to reflect the organizational structure of the department of labor and industries.
SPONSORS: Representatives Finkbeiner, Heavey, Lisk, Chandler, Long, Forner, Conway, Johanson, Jones, Eide and Roland; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & LABOR
SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR & COMMERCE
Majority Report: Do pass.
Signed by Senators Moore, Chairman; Prentice, Vice Chairman; Amondson, Deccio, Fraser, McAuliffe, Newhouse, Pelz, Prince, Sellar, Sutherland, Vognild and Wojahn.
Staff: David Cheal (786‑7576)
Hearing Dates: February 25, 1994
BACKGROUND:
The structure and organization of the Department of Labor and Industries is to some degree determined by statute. Certain divisions are mentioned and certain officers are named. This structure was last addressed by statutory change in 1974. The department is currently undergoing a reorganization intended to reduce the number of divisions and layers of management. Regional boundaries for some department programs are different than with other programs. Regional office staff sometimes lack authority to respond in a timely manner to customer needs.
The statute makes some references to entities that no longer exist, such as the Industrial Welfare Committee.
SUMMARY:
References to the Divisions of Industrial Insurance, Building and Construction Safety Inspection Services, Industrial Safety and Health, and Industrial Relations are deleted. References to supervisors of these divisions are retained because those supervisors have certain statutory duties.
References to the Industrial Welfare Committee are deleted, substituting reference to the Department of Labor and Industries. A reference to the Industrial Welfare Commission is deleted. A reference to the Division of Statistics is deleted. The requirement that the department compile reliable statistics on which to base operations is retained.
The requirement that the department be organized into five specified divisions is deleted, and replaced with a general instruction that the department shall be organized into divisions that promote efficient and effective performance of the duties of the agency.
Certain appointment authorities are reassigned to the director from various supervisors.
Appropriation: none
Revenue: none
Fiscal Note: available
TESTIMONY FOR: None
TESTIMONY AGAINST: None
TESTIFIED: No one