CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1929

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 8, 1995

  Yeas 98   Nays 0

 

 

 

 

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate April 13, 1995

  Yeas 46   Nays 0

               CERTIFICATE

 

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1929 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

                               Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                     FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                        Secretary of State

                       State of Washington


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                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1929

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                     Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

 

State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Corrections (originally sponsored by Representatives Brumsickle and Morris)

 

Read first time 03/01/95.

 

Concerning the employment of inmates.



     AN ACT Relating to jail industries; amending RCW 36.110.020, 36.110.120, and 36.110.130; adding new sections to chapter 36.110 RCW; and repealing RCW 36.110.040.

 

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

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 36.110.020 and 1993 c 285 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

     (1) "Board" means the state-wide jail industries board of directors.

     (2) "City" means any city, town, or code city.

     (3) "Cost accounting center" means a specific industry program operated under the private sector prison industry enhancement certification program as specified in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1761.

     (4) "Court-ordered legal financial obligation" means a sum of money that is ordered by a superior, district, or municipal court of the state of Washington for payment of restitution to a victim, a statutorily imposed crime victims compensation fee, court costs, a county or interlocal drug fund, court appointed attorneys' fees and costs of defense, fines, and other legal financial obligations that are assessed as a result of a felony or misdemeanor conviction.

     (5) "Free venture employer model industries" means ((types of industries which produce products, goods, or services through two modalities:  (a) Employer model:)) an agreement between a city or county and a private sector business or industry or nonprofit organization to produce goods or services to both public and private sectors((; (b))) utilizing jail inmates whose compensation and supervision are provided by the private sector business or entity.

     "Free venture customer model((:  An industry operated and managed)) industries" means an agreement between a city or county and a private sector business or industry, or nonprofit organization to provide Washington state manufacturers or businesses with products or services currently produced, provided, ((and)) or assembled by out-of-state or foreign suppliers utilizing jail inmates whose compensation and supervision are provided by the incarcerating facility or local jurisdiction.

     (6) "Jail inmate" means a preconviction or postconviction resident of a city or county jail who is determined to be eligible to participate in jail inmate work programs according to the eligibility criteria of the work program.

     (7) "Private sector prison industry enhancement certification program" means that program authorized by the United States justice assistance act of 1984, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1761.

     (8) "Tax reduction industries" means those industries as designated by a city or county owning and operating such an industry to provide work training and employment opportunities for jail inmates, in total confinement, which reduce public support costs.  The goods and services of these industries may be sold to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private contractors when the goods purchased will be ultimately used by a public agency or nonprofit organization.  Surplus goods from these operations may be donated to government and nonprofit organizations.

 

     Sec. 2.  RCW 36.110.120 and 1993 c 285 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) A jail inmate who works in a free venture industry or a tax reduction industry shall be considered an employee of that industry only for the purpose of the Washington industrial safety and health act, chapter 49.17 RCW, as long as the public safety is not compromised, and for eligibility for industrial insurance benefits under Title 51 RCW, as provided in this section.  ((However,))

     (2) For jail inmates participating in free venture employer model industries, the private sector business or industry or the nonprofit organization that is party to the agreement, shall provide industrial insurance coverage under Title 51 RCW.  Local jurisdictions shall not be responsible for obligations under Title 51 RCW in a free venture employer model industry except as provided in RCW 36.110.130.

     (3) For jail inmates participating in free venture customer model industries, the incarcerating entity or jurisdiction, the private sector business or industry, or the nonprofit organization that is party to the agreement, shall provide industrial insurance coverage under Title 51 RCW dependent upon how the parties to the agreement choose to finalize the agreement.

     (4) For jail inmates incarcerated and participating in tax reduction industries:

     (a) Local jurisdictions that are self-insured may elect to provide medical aid benefits coverage only under chapter 51.36 RCW through the state fund.

     (b) Local jurisdictions, to include self-insured jurisdictions, may elect to provide industrial insurance coverage under Title 51 RCW through the state fund.

     (5) If industrial insurance coverage under Title 51 RCW is provided for inmates under this section, eligibility for benefits for either the inmate or the inmate's dependents or beneficiaries for temporary total disability or permanent total disability under RCW 51.32.090 or 51.32.060, respectively, shall not take effect until the inmate is discharged from custody by order of a court of appropriate jurisdiction.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer eligibility for any industrial insurance benefits to any jail inmate who is not employed in a ((nonfree)) free venture industry or a tax reduction industry.

 

     Sec. 3.  RCW 36.110.130 and 1993 c 285 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:

     In the event of a failure ((or discontinuance)) such as a bankruptcy or dissolution, of a private sector business, industry, or nonprofit organization engaged in a free venture industry agreement, responsibility for obligations under Title 51 RCW shall be borne by the city or county responsible for establishment of ((such)) the free venture industry agreement, as if the city or county had been the employing agency.  To ensure that this obligation can be clearly identified and accomplished, and to provide accountability for purposes of the department of labor and industries, a free venture jail industry agreement entered into by a city or county and private sector business, industry, or nonprofit organization should be filed under a separate master business application, establishing a new and separate account with the department of labor and industries, and not be reported under an existing account for parties to the agreement.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  A new section is added to chapter 36.110 RCW to read as follows:

     Technical training assistance shall be provided to local jurisdictions by the board at the jurisdiction's request.  To facilitate and promote the development of local jail industries programs, this training and technical assistance may include the following:  (1) Delivery of state-wide jail industry implementation workshops for administrators of jail industries programs; (2) development of recruitment and education programs for local business and labor to gain their participation; (3) ongoing staff assistance regarding local jail industries issues, such as sound business management skills, development of a professional business plan, responding to questions regarding risk management, industrial insurance, and similar matters; and (4) provision of guidelines and assistance for the coordination of basic educational programs and jail industries as well as other technical skills required by local jails in the implementation of safe, productive, and effective jail industries programs.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  A new section is added to chapter 36.110 RCW to read as follows:

     Any member serving in their official capacity on the Washington state jail industries board, in either an appointed or advisory capacity, or either their employer or employers, or other entity that selected the members to serve, are immune from a civil action based upon an act performed in good faith.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6.  RCW 36.110.040 and 1993 c 285 s 4 are each repealed.

 


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