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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1393

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections (originally sponsored by Representatives Ballasiotes, Costa, Radcliff, O'Brien, Kessler, Blalock, Cody, Murray, Cole, Morris, Tokuda, Conway, Skinner and Kenney)

Read first time 02/14/97.

Regulating board of industrial insurance appeals.

    AN ACT Relating to crime victims' compensation; amending RCW 7.68.110; and adding a new section to chapter 51.52 RCW.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 7.68.110 and 1989 c 175 s 40 are each amended to read as follows:

    The provisions contained in chapter 51.52 RCW relating to appeals shall govern appeals under this chapter:  PROVIDED, That no provision contained in chapter 51.52 RCW concerning employers as parties to any settlement, appeal, or other action shall apply to this chapter:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That appeals taken from a decision of the board of industrial insurance appeals under this chapter shall be governed by the provisions relating to judicial review of administrative decisions contained in RCW 34.05.510 through 34.05.598, and the department shall have the same right of review from a decision of the board of industrial insurance appeals as does the claimant:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That the time in which to file a protest or appeal from any order, decision, or award under this chapter shall be ninety days from the date the order, decision, or award is communicated to the parties.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 51.52 RCW to read as follows:

    This chapter shall not apply to matters concerning employers as parties to any settlement, appeal, or other action in accordance with chapter 7.68 RCW.

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