CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1250
Chapter
276, Laws of 1995
54th
Legislature
1995
Regular Session
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE
AWARDS‑-REQUIRING PROMPT PAYMENT
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 7/23/95
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Passed by
the House April 23, 1995
Yeas 96 Nays 0
CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate April 22, 1995
Yeas 47 Nays 0
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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
1250 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
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JOEL PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
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TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
May 9, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style
Off Codes below.
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FILED
May
9, 1995 - 3:38 p.m.
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MIKE LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1250
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 03/01/95.
Providing for prompt
payment of industrial insurance awards.
AN ACT Relating to
prompt payment of industrial insurance awards; adding a new section to chapter
51.32 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 51.32 RCW to read as follows:
(1)(a) If the worker or
beneficiary in a state fund claim prevails in an appeal by any party to the
board or the court, the department shall comply with the board or court's order
with respect to the payment of compensation within the later of the following
time periods:
(i) Sixty days after
the compensation order has become final and is not subject to review or appeal;
or
(ii) If the order has
become final and is not subject to review or appeal and the department has,
within the period specified in (a)(i) of this subsection, requested the filing
by the worker or beneficiary of documents necessary to make payment of
compensation, sixty days after all requested documents are filed with the
department.
The department may
extend the sixty-day time period for an additional thirty days for good cause.
(b) If the department
fails to comply with (a) of this subsection, any person entitled to
compensation under the order may institute proceedings for injunctive or other
appropriate relief for enforcement of the order. These proceedings may be
instituted in the superior court for the county in which the claimant resides,
or, if the claimant is not then a resident of this state, in the superior court
for Thurston county.
(2) In a proceeding
under this section, the court shall enforce obedience to the order by proper
means, enjoining compliance upon the person obligated to comply with the
compensation order. The court may issue such writs and processes as are
necessary to carry out its orders and may award a penalty of up to one thousand
dollars to the person entitled to compensation under the order.
(3) A proceeding under
this section does not preclude other methods of enforcement provided for in
this title.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. This act applies to all
appeals in state fund claims determined under Title 51 RCW on or after the
effective date of this act, regardless of the date of filing of the claim.
Passed
the House April 23, 1995.
Passed
the Senate April 22, 1995.
Approved by the Governor May 9, 1995.
Filed in Office of
Secretary of State May 9, 1995.