CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2513
Chapter
85, Laws of 1996
54th
Legislature
1996
Regular Session
INDUSTRIAL
INSURANCE PREMIUMS--FAILURE TO PAY
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/6/96
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Passed by the House February 9, 1996
Yeas 94 Nays 0
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate February 28, 1996
Yeas 49 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Timothy
A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL
2513 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
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JOEL
PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY
A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
March 15, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March
15, 1996 - 3:16 p.m.
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MIKE
LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2513
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Passed Legislature -
1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/02/96.
Concerning
industrial insurance benefits.
AN ACT Relating to
employers' failure to pay industrial insurance premiums; creating a new
section; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec.
1. (1) The legislature finds
that there is a continuing problem of employers illegally failing to pay
industrial insurance premiums. When an employee of an illegally uninsured
employer files a claim for benefits, the department of labor and industries is
forced to pass on the cost of the benefits provided to other legally insured
employers in the same risk classification. It is the intent of the legislature
that a method should be devised to place the financial burden of paying for the
industrial insurance benefits provided to the injured employee on the illegally
uninsured employer.
(2) To find a method
for placing the financial burden more fairly, a legislative joint task force
shall review and make recommendations for legislation. Issues that should be
reviewed include: (a) The number of employers who fail to obtain industrial
insurance for their workers and the resulting cost to other employers in the
state fund; (b) the number of these employers who also fail to pay other state
taxes generally required of employers and the resulting cost to the state for
failure to pay; (c) methods of improving compliance with industrial insurance
and other employer responsibilities under state law; and (d) any other issues
considered relevant by the task force.
(3) The joint task
force shall consist of eight members, one member from each caucus of the senate
labor, commerce, and trade committee, appointed by the chair of the committee;
one member from each caucus of the house of representatives commerce and labor
committee, appointed by the chair of the committee; two members representing
business, appointed jointly by the two committee chairs; and two members
representing labor, appointed jointly by the two committee chairs. In addition,
the department of labor and industries shall cooperate with the task force and
maintain a liaison with the task force. The task force shall choose its chair
from among its membership.
(4) The task force
shall report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate committees of
the legislature by December 1, 1996.
(5) This section shall
expire June 1, 1997.
Passed
the House February 9, 1996.
Passed
the Senate February 28, 1996.
Approved by the Governor March 15, 1996.
Filed in
Office of Secretary of State March 15, 1996.