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                                  HOUSE BILL 2322

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1996 Regular Session

By Representatives McMorris, Mastin, Chandler, Schoesler, McMahan, Skinner, Goldsmith, L. Thomas, Mulliken, Sheldon, Johnson, Thompson and Hargrove

Read first time 01/09/96.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

Providing exemptions from industrial insurance for persons under age twenty-one employed on family farms.

     AN ACT Relating to exemptions from industrial insurance coverage for persons under age twenty-one employed on the family farm; and adding a new section to chapter 51.12 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 51.12 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) The parent or parents of a person at least eighteen years of age but under twenty-one years of age may elect to exclude from mandatory coverage under this title the parent's employment of that person in agricultural activities on their family farm if:

     (a) The person resides with his or her parent or parents or resides on their family farm; and

     (b) The parent or parents file a written notice with the department electing exclusion from coverage.

     (2) A parent or parents who have elected to exclude a person under this subsection may subsequently obtain coverage for that person under RCW 51.12.110.

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