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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5300
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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State of Washington 51st Legislature 1990 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Economic Development & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Lee, Smitherman, Murray, West, Anderson, Johnson, Williams, Rasmussen and McMullen; by request of Department of Labor and Industries)
Read first time 1/26/90.
AN ACT Relating to women and minority races in apprenticeship; amending RCW 49.04.100, 49.04.110, 49.04.120, and 49.04.130; and amending section 1, chapter 183, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. (uncodified).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 2, chapter 183, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as amended by section 17, chapter 6, Laws of 1985 and RCW 49.04.100 are each amended to read as follows:
Joint
apprenticeship programs entered into under authority of chapter 49.04 RCW and
which receive any state assistance in instructional or other costs, shall ((as
a part thereof)) include entrance of ((minority races)) women and
racial minorities in such program, when available, in a ratio not less than
the ((ratio which the minority race represents in population to the actual
population in the city or trade area concerned)) percentage of the
minority race and female (minority and nonminority) labor force in the program
sponsor's labor market area, based on current census figures issued by the
office of financial management with the ultimate goal of obtaining the
proportionate ratio of representation in the total program membership. Where
minimum standards have been set for entering upon any such apprenticeship
program, this woman and racial minority ((race)) representation
shall be filled when women and racial minority ((race))
applicants have met such minimum standards and irrespective of individual
ranking among all applicants seeking to enter the program: PROVIDED, That
nothing in RCW 49.04.100 through 49.04.130 will affect the total number of
entrants into the apprenticeship program or modify the dates of entrance both
as established by the joint apprenticeship committee. Racial minority
((race)) for the purposes of RCW ((49.04.100 through)) 49.04.130
shall include ((Blacks, Mexican Americans or Spanish Americans, Orientals
and Indians or Filipinos)) African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic
Americans, American Indians, Filipinos, and all other racial minority groups.
Sec. 2. Section 3, chapter 183, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 49.04.110 are each amended to read as follows:
When it
shall appear to the department of labor and industries that any apprenticeship
program referred to in RCW 49.04.100 has failed to comply with the woman or
racial minority ((race)) representation requirement hereinabove in
such section referred to by January 1, 1970, which fact shall be determined by
reports the department may request or in such other manner as it shall see fit,
then the same shall be deemed prima facie evidence of noncompliance with RCW
49.04.100 through 49.04.130 and thereafter no state funds or facilities shall
be expended upon such program: PROVIDED, That prior to such withdrawal of
funds evidence shall be received and state funds or facilities shall not be
denied if there is a showing of a genuine effort to comply with the provisions
of RCW 49.04.100 through 49.04.130 as to entrance of ((minority races)) women
and racial minorities into the program. The director shall notify the
appropriate federal authorities if there is noncompliance with the woman and
racial minority ((race)) representation qualification under any
apprenticeship program as provided for in RCW 49.04.100 through 49.04.130.
Sec. 3. Section 4, chapter 183, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 49.04.120 are each amended to read as follows:
Every
community college, vocational school, or high school carrying on a program of
vocational education shall make every effort to enlist woman and racial
minority ((race)) representation in the apprenticeship programs within
the state and are authorized to carry out such purpose in such ways as they
shall see fit.
Sec. 4. Section 5, chapter 183, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 49.04.130 are each amended to read as follows:
Every
employer and employee organization as well as the apprenticeship council and
local and state apprenticeship committees and vocational schools shall make
every effort to enlist woman and racial minority ((race))
representation in the apprenticeship programs of the state and shall be aided
therein by the department of labor and industries insofar as such department
may be able to so do without undue interference with its other powers and
duties. In addition, the legislature, in fulfillment of the public welfare,
mandates those involved in apprenticeship training with the responsibility of
making every effort to see that woman and racial minority ((race))
representatives in such programs pursue the same to a successful conclusion ((thereof)).
Sec. 5. Section 1, chapter 183, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
It is the
policy of the legislature and the purpose of this act to provide every citizen
in this state a reasonable opportunity to enjoy employment and other associated
rights, benefits, privileges, and to help ((citizens of minority races))
women and racial minorities realize in a greater measure the goals upon
which this nation and this state were founded. All the provisions of this act
shall be liberally construed to achieve these ends, and administered and
enforced with a view to carry out the above declaration of policy.