WSR 20-12-086

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

[Filed June 2, 2020, 8:50 a.m., effective July 3, 2020]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: The department of labor and industry's (L&I) farm internship program (FIP) expired December 31, 2019. ESB 6421 extends L&I's FIP until December 31, 2025. This rule making establishes rates for workers' compensation insurance Classifications 4814, 4815, and 4816 Farms: Internship program, by creating WAC 296-17-89508. Workers' compensation insurance classification rates must be codified immediately so that employers participating in L&I's FIP can report hours for their farm interns.

Emergency rule making was filed on March 30, 2020 (WSR 20-08-104), to immediately activate the classification rates and will expire July 29, 2020. This rule making permanently adopts the FIP classification rates.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 296-17-89508.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 51.16.035 (base rates) and 51.04.020(1) (general authority).

Other Authority: ESB 6421.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-08-105 on March 30, 2020.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: June 2, 2020.

Joel Sacks

Director