BILL REQ. #: S-3824.1

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SENATE BILL 6461
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State of Washington

58th Legislature

2004 Regular Session

By Senators Hewitt, Honeyford, Mulliken and Morton

Read first time 01/21/2004. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Trade.

AN ACT Relating to requiring the department of labor and industries to report on setting workers' compensation premiums; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 The department of labor and industries shall prepare a report on the use of total employer payroll as the basis for workers' compensation premiums. The department shall compare the use of hours worked with the use of total employer payroll and discuss the positive and negative aspects of each. In preparing this report, the department shall also review how other states determine workers' compensation premiums. The report shall be delivered to the appropriate legislative committees by December 1, 2004.

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