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HOUSE
BILL 2040
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/18/97.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
Authorizing
the continuation of a special insuring agreement for workers' compensation for
the United States department of energy.
AN
ACT Relating to authorizing the continuation of a special insuring agreement
for workers' compensation for the United States department of energy; amending
1951 c 144 s 1 (uncodified); adding a new section to chapter 51.04 RCW; and
repealing 1951 c 144 s 2 (uncodified).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. 1951
c 144 s 1 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
The
department of labor and industries upon the request of the secretary of defense
of the United States or the ((chairman)) secretary of the United
States ((atomic energy commission)) department of energy, may in
its discretion approve ((or promulgate war projects insurance rating
plans or defense projects insurance rating plans, providing for insurance with
respect to cost plus fixed fee projects, and all war, defense or other
contracts in the national interest of every kind and nature, involved in the
prosecution of the war, national defense or national interest, and engaged in the
performance of the work, either directly or indirectly, for the United States,
regardless of whether such plan conforms to the requirements specified in the
industrial insurance law of this state whenever the department finds that the
application of such plan will effectively aid the national interest, the
prosecution of the war or the defense of the United States; and the department
may further approve or direct changes or modifications of such plans.
Whenever
war projects insurance rating plans or defense projects insurance rating plans
provide for pensions, and funds are paid in for pensions pursuant to said plans
the state finance committee is authorized to invest said pension funds in
national, state, county, municipal, or school district bonds as such plans
heretofore or hereafter provide for and not otherwise)) special
insuring agreements providing industrial insurance coverage for workers engaged
in the performance of work, either directly or indirectly, for the United
States, regarding projects and contracts at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
The agreements need not conform to the requirements specified in the industrial
insurance law of this state if the department finds that the application of the
plan will effectively aid the national interest. The department may also
approve or direct changes or modifications of the agreements as it deems
necessary.
An
agreement entered into under this section remains in full force and effect for
as long as the department deems it necessary to accomplish the purposes of this
section.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. 1951
c 144 s 2 (uncodified) is repealed.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3.
Section 1 of this act is added to chapter 51.04 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. If
any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is
held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to
other persons or circumstances is not affected.
