BILL REQ. #:  H-1423.1 

Read first time 02/13/09.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

     AN ACT Relating to display requirements for vending machines located in places of employment; and adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) If an employer receives any proceeds from sales of items in a vending machine used primarily by that employer's employees, then the employer or the vending machine operator must post a clear and conspicuous statement indicating the amount or percentage of receipts paid to the employer.
     (2) For purposes of this section:
     (a) "Employer" means any person, association, partnership, or private or public corporation, or their agents, who employ or exercise control over wages, hours, or working conditions of one or more employees.
     (b) "Vending machine" means any coin-operated machine that sells or provides food, tobacco, sundries, or other retail merchandise or service.
     (c) "Vending machine operator" means any person who owns, operates, or maintains one or more vending machines in, at, or upon premises owned or occupied by any other person.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   Section 1 of this act constitutes a new chapter in Title 19 RCW.