CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6217
53rd Legislature
1994 Regular Session
Passed by the Senate March 6, 1994 YEAS 44 NAYS 0
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 4, 1994 YEAS 97 NAYS 0 |
CERTIFICATE
I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6217 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. |
Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington |
Secretary of State State of Washington |
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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6217
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Newhouse, Vognild, Moore, Amondson, Prentice, Sutherland, Fraser, McAuliffe and Winsley)
Read first time 01/26/94.
AN ACT Relating to the joint task force on unemployment insurance; and amending 1993 c 483 s 22 (uncodified).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. 1993 c 483 s 22 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
(1) There is hereby created a joint task force on unemployment insurance composed of the following members:
(a) Four members of the senate labor and commerce committee, two from each of the major caucuses, to be appointed by the president of the senate;
(b) Four members of the
house of representatives commerce and labor committee, two from each of the
major caucuses, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
((and))
(c) Up to eight members appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives representing business and labor in equal numbers. The business representatives shall be selected from nominations submitted by state-wide business organizations representing a cross-section of industries. The labor representatives shall be selected from nominations submitted by state-wide labor organizations representing a cross-section of industries; and
(d) When the task force is reviewing or making recommendations on the payment of administrative costs by employers who are exempt from the federal unemployment tax, one member representing employers subject to chapter 50.44 RCW and one member representing employees of employers subject to chapter 50.44 RCW, appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
(2) The employment security department unemployment insurance advisory committee shall act as an advisory body to the task force.
(3) The senate committee services and the office of program research shall provide the staff support as mutually agreed by the cochairs of the task force. The task force shall designate the cochairs.
(4) The members of the task force shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. Task force travel and other expenses shall be paid from funds provided under RCW 50.24.014.
(5) The task force shall study the following issues:
(a) ((Financing and
administration of unemployment insurance;
(b) Social costs;
(c) Administrative
costs;
(d) Experience
rating systems;
(e) Tax rates;
(f) Trust fund
adequacy;
(g) Accountability
and administrative funding of employment security department programs; and
(h))) Undertake an in-depth review of issues
identified in the 1993 task force report to the legislature, including
reviewing and making recommendations on the payment of administrative costs by
employers who are exempt from the federal unemployment tax;
(b) Work collaboratively with the employment security department in implementation of task force recommendations;
(c) Assist the employment security department in responding to federal initiative and economic change, including the federally mandated new claimant profile program; and
(d) Any other issues deemed appropriate by the task force.
(6) The
task force shall report its findings to the legislature by ((December 31,
1993)) January 15, 1995.
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