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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5457

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Warnke, Smitherman and Bender

Read first time 1/25/89 and referred to Committee on   Economic Development & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to dislocated workers terminated as a result of modernization activity undertaken under a state tax deferral program; adding a new section to chapter 50.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.60 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 82.61 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 50.20 RCW to read as follows:

          Any individual who has been terminated or received a notice of termination from employment from any recipient of a tax deferral under chapter 82.60 or 82.61 RCW, and the termination resulted from the acquisition of new machinery or equipment or other modernization activity under the eligible investment project, then the individual shall be deemed a dislocated worker as defined in RCW 50.04.075.  Any such individual under this section shall be considered to be in training with the approval of the commissioner for the purposes of RCW 50.20.043 if he or she is making satisfactory progress in a training program approved by the commissioner.  The commissioner shall approve any reasonable request by any such individual to participate in a commissioner-approved training program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 82.60 RCW to read as follows:

          The employment security department shall report annually to the legislature about any job displacement resulting from eligible investment projects under this chapter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 82.61 RCW to read as follows:

          The employment security department shall report annually to the legislature about any job displacement resulting from eligible investment projects under this chapter.