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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2751
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Dyer, McMorris and Cooke)
Read first time 02/02/96.
AN ACT Relating to incentives for securing industrial insurance coverage; and amending RCW 51.16.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 51.16.060 and 1985 c 315 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)(a) Every employer not qualifying as a self-insurer, shall insure with the state and shall, on or before the last day of January, April, July and October of each year thereafter, furnish the department with a true and accurate payroll for the period in which workers were employed by it during the preceding calendar quarter, the total amount paid to such workers during such preceding calendar quarter, and a segregation of employment in the different classes established pursuant to this title, and shall pay its premium thereon to the appropriate fund. Premiums for a calendar quarter, whether reported or not, shall become due and delinquent on the day immediately following the last day of the month following the calendar quarter.
(b)
The sufficiency of such statement shall be subject to the approval of the
director((: PROVIDED, That)). The director may in his or her
discretion and for the effective administration of this title require an
employer in individual instances to furnish a supplementary report containing
the name of each individual worker, his or her hours worked, his or her rate of
pay and the class or classes in which such work was performed((: PROVIDED
FURTHER, That in the event)).
(c)
If an employer ((shall furnish)) furnishes the department
with four consecutive quarterly reports wherein each such quarterly report
indicates that no premium is due the department may close the account((:
PROVIDED FURTHER, That)).
(d)
The department may ((promulgate)) adopt rules ((and
regulations)) in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW to establish other
reporting periods and payment due dates in lieu of reports and payments
following each calendar quarter, and may also establish terms and conditions
for payment of premiums and assessments based on estimated payrolls, with such
payments being subject to approval as to sufficiency of the estimated payroll
by the department, and also subject to appropriate periodic adjustments made by
the department based on actual payroll((: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That)).
(e) A temporary help company which provides workers on a temporary basis to its customers shall be considered the employer for purposes of reporting and paying premiums and assessments under this title according to the appropriate rate classifications as determined by the department: PROVIDED, That the employer shall be liable for paying premiums and assessments, should the temporary help company fail to pay the premiums and assessments under this title.
(2)(a) An employer reporting under subsection (1) of this section is entitled to a credit against his or her premium as provided in (b) of this subsection if:
(i) The reporting employer provides information to the department about another employer who has failed to secure coverage as required by this title; and
(ii) The department notifies the reporting employer in writing that the information led to a final determination that the coverage requirements of this title had been violated.
(b) The reporting employer is entitled to a premium credit of no more than five hundred dollars for each employer the department finds to be in violation of the coverage requirements of this title based on information provided by the reporting employer to the department. The reporting employer must take the premium credit in the calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which notice was given under (a)(ii) of this subsection, except that any unused excess credit may be carried forward one quarter to the next calendar quarter's report. A reporting employer is entitled to no more than one premium credit arising from one employer's violation of the coverage requirements of this title.
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