CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5965
Chapter 327, Laws of 1997
55th Legislature
1997 Regular Session
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE--INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE PREMIUM ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION--AGENCY RATINGS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/97
Passed by the Senate April 21, 1997 YEAS 46 NAYS 0
BRAD OWEN President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 10, 1997 YEAS 98 NAYS 0 |
CERTIFICATE
I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5965 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. |
CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives |
MIKE O'CONNELL Secretary
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Approved May 12, 1997 |
FILED
May 12, 1997 - 3:38 p.m. |
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GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington |
Secretary of State State of Washington |
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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5965
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Schow, Horn, Anderson, Heavey and Franklin)
Read first time 03/05/97.
AN ACT Relating to agency ratings for industrial insurance; amending RCW 51.44.170; and amending 1990 c 204 s 1 (uncodified).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 51.44.170 and 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 29 are each amended to read as follows:
The
industrial insurance premium refund account is created in the custody of the
state((treasury)) treasurer. All industrial insurance refunds
earned by state agencies or institutions of higher education under the state
fund retrospective rating program shall be deposited into the account. ((Moneys
in the account may be spent only after appropriation)) The account is
subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no
appropriation is required for expenditures from the account. Only the
executive head of the agency or institution of higher education, or designee,
may authorize expenditures from the account. No agency or institution of
higher education may ((receive an appropriation)) make an expenditure
from the account for an amount greater than the refund earned by the
agency. If the agency or institution of higher education has staff
dedicated to workers' compensation claims management, expenditures from the
account must be used to pay for that staff, but additional expenditure
from the account may be used for any program within an agency or
institution of higher education((, but preference shall be given to programs))
that promotes or provides incentives for employee workplace
safety and health and early, appropriate return-to-work for injured
employees.
Sec. 2. 1990 c 204 s 1 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
The legislature finds that workplace safety in state employment is of paramount importance in maintaining a productive and committed state work force. The legislature also finds that recognition in state agencies and institutions of higher education of industrial insurance programs that provide safe working environments and promote early return-to-work for injured employees will encourage agencies and institutions of higher education to develop these programs. A purpose of this act is to provide incentives for agencies and institutions of higher education to participate in industrial insurance safety programs and return-to-work programs by authorizing use of the industrial insurance premium refunds earned by agencies or institutions of higher education participating in industrial insurance retrospective rating programs. Since agency and institution of higher education retrospective rating refunds are generated from safety performance and cannot be set at predictable levels determined by the budget process, the incentive awards should not impact an agency's or institution of higher education's legislatively approved budget.
Passed the Senate April 21, 1997.
Passed the House April 10, 1997.
Approved by the Governor May 12, 1997.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 12, 1997.