CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2058

 

 

                   Chapter 242, Laws of 1995

 

 

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

 

 

       UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION‑-INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

                       SELLERS OF TRAVEL

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/23/95

Passed by the House March 10, 1995

  Yeas 96   Nays 0

 

 

 

CLYDE BALLARD

 

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.

 

 

 

JOEL PRITCHARD

 

President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

 

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved May 5, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED          

 

 

             May 5, 1995 - 10:12 a.m.

 

 

 

    MIKE LOWRY

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.


    Passed the House March 10, 1995.

    Passed the Senate April 21, 1995.

Approved by the Governor May 5, 1995.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 5, 1995.