CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2058

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 10, 1995   Yeas 96   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 21, 1995   Yeas 47   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 2058 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 2058

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                     Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representative Robertson)

Read first time 03/01/95. 

Defining employment.

     AN ACT Relating to independent contractors or outside agents who sell or arrange for travel services; adding a new section to chapter 50.04 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 50.04 RCW to read as follows:

     The term "employment" shall not include service performed by an outside agent who sells or arranges for travel services that are provided to a travel agent as defined and registered under RCW 19.138.021, to the extent the outside agent is compensated by commission.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state or the eligibility of employers in this state for federal unemployment tax credits, the conflicting part of this act is hereby declared to be inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict, and such finding or determination shall not affect the operation of the remainder of this act.  The rules under this act shall meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state or the granting of federal unemployment tax credits to employers in this state.

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