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                         SENATE BILL 6007

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Prentice, Winsley, Gardner, Franklin, Fairley, Kline and Costa; by request of Employment Security Department

Read first time 02/13/2001.  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.

Relating to extending unemployment insurance coverage to employees of Indian tribes.

    AN ACT Relating to extending unemployment insurance coverage to employees of Indian tribes.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  Recent action by congress extends coverage for unemployment insurance to federally recognized tribes and requires states' laws to conform.

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