SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 5007

BYSenators Lee, McMullen, Anderson and Conner

Establishing the international marketing internship program.

Senate Committee on Economic Development & Labor

Senate Hearing Date(s):January 10, 1989; January 18, 1989; January 10, 1990; January 18, 1990

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5007 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators Lee, Chairman; Anderson, Vice Chairman; McDonald, Matson, Murray, Saling, Smitherman, Warnke, West.

Senate Staff:Forrest Bathurst (786-7429)

                  January 18, 1990

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Senate Hearing Date(s):February 6, 1990

Majority Report:  That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5007 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators Bailey, Bauer, Cantu, Fleming, Gaspard, Hayner, Moore, Newhouse, Niemi, Saling, Smith, Talmadge, Williams, Wojahn.

Senate Staff:Terry Wilson (786-7715)

                  February 7, 1990

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS & MEANS, FEBRUARY 6, 1990

BACKGROUND:

Education business leaders and government officials advise that internship programs are an effective way to develop young people's skills and enhance their interest in a particular field.  It would be useful to have a larger pool of enthusiastic, talented and experienced young people available to work in international trade.  Such an internship program could be used to develop Washington State products and services for export.

SUMMARY:

An international marketing internship program is established in the Department of Trade and Economic Development.  The program shall provide interns with on-the-job training.  Up to 15 internships per year will be provided, with the department paying up to 50 percent ($10,000 maximum) of yearly base salary.  To participate, an intern must be a resident, a college senior or recent graduate in a relevant field, and submit an application.  Firms must have been in business at least one year, have at least $100,000 in export sales annually, offer products or services with at least 50 percent of their value derived from within the state, have personnel and facilities to provide challenging training, be able to provide post-internship employment, create a new position for the intern, and provide overseas experience.

EFFECT OF PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE:

Interns will receive a stipend from the Department of Trade and Economic Development, and will be granted credit from an institution of higher learning.  Internships are for a one-year period; stipends are for $10,000.  The interns will be assigned to private sector companies or nonprofit, trade-related organizations which are required to reimburse at least 50 percent of the stipend to the department.  One-third of the interns will be allocated to the Department of Agriculture for placement.  The appropriation is reduced from $375,000 to $170,000.

EFFECT OF PROPOSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE:

The appropriation of $170,000 is deleted and the bill is made contingent on funding in the budget.

Appropriation:    none

Revenue:    none

Fiscal Note:      available

Senate Committee - Testified: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & LABOR: No one

Senate Committee - Testified: WAYS & MEANS:  No one