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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1915

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives Patrick, Leonard, Beck, Prentice, Holland, Baugher, Crane, Ballard, Doty, Inslee, Padden, Rayburn, Winsley, Appelwick and Todd

Read first time 2/10/89 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to industrial insurance coverage for the horse racing industry; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The house commerce and labor committee shall conduct a study of the industrial insurance coverage of employees in the horse racing industry.  The study shall review the current premium obligations of employers and any alternative methods for assessing premiums that ensure adequate premium collections for the coverage provided.  The committee shall report the results of the study to the house of representatives by December 1, 1989.