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
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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
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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.
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CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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 MIKE O'CONNELL
Secretary
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Approved May 12, 1997 Place Style On Codes
above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
May 12, 1997 - 3:38 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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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
Read
first time 03/05/97.
Providing for changes in agency experience ratings for
industrial insurance.
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.