BILL REQ. #: S-2459.1

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SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5235
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State of Washington

59th Legislature

2005 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Fraser, Prentice and Kline; by request of Department of Labor & Industries)

READ FIRST TIME 03/08/05.

AN ACT Relating to establishing fees to administer child labor laws; and adding a new section to chapter 49.12 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 49.12 RCW to read as follows:
The department shall charge a fee of ten dollars per business location for the administration and enforcement of the minor work permit requirements of RCW 49.12.121 or 49.12.123 or a rule or order adopted under RCW 49.12.121 or 49.12.123. The fee shall be used solely to review minor work permit applications to verify that minors employed at business locations are performing work duties limited to those allowed under the permit and to verify that minors are no longer employed at business locations that have not renewed their annual minor work permits. Fees collected from minor work permits shall be deposited in the state general fund and may be appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of this section.

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