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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5678

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Lee, Smitherman, von Reichbauer and Murray

Read first time 2/1/89 and referred to Committee on   Economic Development & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to establishing a crime prevention employee training program in businesses operating during late night hours; adding a new chapter to Title 51 RCW; and providing an effective date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The industrial safety and health division of the department of labor and industries is hereby authorized and directed to establish standards for the proper training of employees who work at late night retail establishments, defined by this chapter as any business or commercial establishment making sales to the public between the hours of twelve o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m.  All employees working at a late night retail establishment shall complete an approved course of crime prevention within thirty days after the employee begins working between the hours of twelve o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     (1) The division of industrial safety and health shall have the sole authority to certify training programs required by this chapter.

          (2) In addition to an employee training program, all late night retail establishments shall:

          (a) Post a conspicuous sign in the window which states that there is a safe on the premises and it is not accessible to the employees on the premises;

          (b) Post a conspicuous sign in the window which states that the cash register has fifty dollars or less in it;

          (c) So arrange the signs posted in the window so as to provide a clear and unobstructed view of the interior of the store.  In no case shall signs obstruct the view of the register from the street;

          (d) Have a drop-safe or comparable device approved by the industrial safety and health division;

          (e) Position their registers so that they are visible from the street; and

          (f) If the late night retail establishment has a parking area for its customers, operate the outside lights for the parking area during all night hours the late night retail establishment is open.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 51 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     This act shall take effect January 1, 1990.  The director of the department of labor and industries may immediately take such steps as are necessary to ensure that this act is implemented on its effective date.