2SHB 2214 - H AMD 534

By Representative Conway, Kenney and Doumit

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1. RCW 50.24.018 and 1993 c 226 ' 3 are each amended to read as follows:

Employment and training trust fund contributions to the employment and training trust fund shall accrue and become payable by each employer consistent with the tax schedule in RCW 50.29.025 as now existing or hereafter amended, except employers as described in RCW 50.44.010 and 50.44.030 who have properly elected to make payments in lieu of contributions, taxable local government employers as described in RCW 50.44.035, those employers who are required to make payments in lieu of contributions, and those qualified employers assigned rate class 20 under RCW 50.29.025, at the rate of twelve one-hundredths of one percent for rate years 1994, 1995, 1996,((~~and~~)) 1997, 1998, and 1999. The amount of wages subject to tax shall be determined under RCW 50.24.010.

Sec. 2. RCW 50.16.092 and 1993 c 226 ' 5 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) For calculations occurring on or after June 30, 1994, and in accordance with RCW 50.29.025, if the commissioner determines that the employment and training trust fund contributions for the most recent rate year have increased employer unemployment compensation contribution rates, the revenues received by the department from the employment and training contribution for calendar quarters beginning the following July 1st shall not be deposited in the employment and training trust fund but shall be deposited in the unemployment compensation fund.

(2) For the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 1999, the amount deposited to the employment and training trust fund may not exceed sixty-five million dollars. Each calendar quarter, beginning with the third calendar quarter of 1997, the commissioner shall determine the amount of revenue received from the employment and training trust fund contribution. When the revenue received by the department from the employment and training contribution and deposited to the employment and training trust fund in the biennium reaches sixty-five million dollars, the revenue received thereafter in the biennium shall not be deposited in the employment and training trust fund but shall be deposited in the unemployment compensation fund.

Sec. 3. RCW 50.12.261 and 1993 c 226 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The employment security department shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 1994, and every year thereafter, on the status of the programs provided in chapter 226, Laws of 1993 and the resulting outcomes. The department shall include in its report quantitative and demographic information on the increase in job orders, placement referrals, individualized training plans, skill assessments, and other interventions achieved. The department also shall include in its report the number of repeat clients as a percentage of all clients served by programs provided in chapter 226, Laws of 1993.

(2) The state board for community and technical colleges shall report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by December 1, 1994, and every year thereafter, the number of certified student full-time equivalents receiving training as provided in chapter 226, Laws of 1993. In addition, the report must include information on the outcomes of the provided training. The report also must include indices of placement rates, student demographics, training plan completion rates, and comparisons of preprogram and postprogram wage levels.

(3) Each community and technical college must actively involve both business and labor and the college's local labor-management advisory board in the development of training program proposals to be submitted for funding to the state board for community and technical colleges. No proposal may be funded without evidence of such active local participation including the verification of employer demand for individuals who will be trained under the proposed program.

(4) Each community and technical college shall confer and consult with its respective labor-management advisory board concerning the college's efforts to provide the training and services rendered in chapter 226, Laws of 1993 and meet the completion and placement goals of the work force training and education coordinating board. Each community and technical college shall ensure the participation on its labor-management advisory board of small businesses((~~as defined in RCW 43.31.025~~)), with particular emphasis on businesses with fifteen or fewer employees.

(((4) The work force training and education coordinating board shall conduct a study in consultation with the higher education coordinating board on the feasibility of: (a) Redirecting all state and federal job training and retraining funds distributed in the state into a separate job training trust fund; and (b) distributing the funds according to uniform criteria. The work force training and education coordinating board shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on the results of the study by January 1, 1995.))

Sec. 4. RCW 43.131.377 and 1993 c 226 ' 18 are each amended to read as follows:

The work force employment and training program created in chapter 226, Laws of 1993 shall expire June 30,((~~1998~~))2000.

Sec. 5. RCW 43.131.378 and 1993 c 226 ' 19 are each amended to read as follows:

The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed, effective June 30,((~~1999~~))2001:

(1) 1993 c 226 ' 1 (uncodified);

(2) 1993 c 226 ' 2 (uncodified);

(3) RCW 50.24.018 and 1993 c 226 ' 3;

(4) RCW 50.16.090 and 1993 c 226 ' 4;

(5) RCW 50.16.092 and 1993 c 226 ' 5;

(6) RCW 50.16.094 and 1995 c 57 ' 1, & 1993 c 226 ' 6;

(7) RCW 50.16.096 and 1993 c 226 ' 8;

(8) RCW 50.29.085 and 1993 c 226 ' 15; and

(9) RCW 50.12.261 and 1993 c 226 ' 17.

Sec. 6. 1993 c 226 s 20 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

(1) Sections 10 and 12 of this act shall take effect June 30,((~~1999~~))2001;

(2) Section 14 of this act shall take effect January 1, ((~~1998~~))2000.

Sec. 7. 1995 c 4 s 4 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

(1) Section 1 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

(2) Section 2 of this act shall take effect January 1,((~~1998~~))2000.

Sec. 8. 1995 c 4 s 5 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

Section 1 of this act shall expire January 1,((~~1998~~))2000.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. Sections 1 through 3 of this act expire June 30, 2001."

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