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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
Read first time 01/26/94.
Requiring the joint task force on
unemployment insurance to study additional issues.
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.
