BILL REQ. #:  S-0968.1 

Read first time 01/28/11.   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

     AN ACT Relating to members of certain nonprofit conservation corps programs; and adding a new section to chapter 50.65 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 50.65 RCW to read as follows:
     Participants in conservation corps programs offered by a nonprofit organization affiliated with a national service organization established under the authority of the national and community service trust act of 1993, P.L. 103-82, are exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation while performing environmental and trail maintenance work provided:
     (1) The nonprofit organization must be registered as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to chapter 24.03 RCW;
     (2) The nonprofit organization's management and administrative headquarters must be located in Washington;
     (3) Participants in the program spend at least fifteen percent of their time in the program on education and training activities; and
     (4) Participants in the program receive a stipend or living allowance as authorized by federal or state law.
     Participants are exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation only for environmental and trail maintenance work conducted pursuant to the conservation corps program.