CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1393

Chapter 102, Laws of 1997

55th Legislature

1997 Regular Session

CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION--LIMITING PROTESTS OR APPEALS--EXEMPTION FOR EMPLOYERS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/97

Passed by the House March 7, 1997

Yeas 95 Nays 0

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 8, 1997

Yeas 45 Nays 0

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 1393 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

Chief Clerk

Approved April 21, 1997

FILED

April 21, 1997 - 4:19 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1393

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Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections (originally sponsored by Representatives Ballasiotes, Costa, Radcliff, O'Brien, Kessler, Blalock, Cody, Murray, Cole, Morris, Tokuda, Conway, Skinner and Kenney)

Read first time 02/14/97.

AN ACT Relating to crime victims' compensation; amending RCW 7.68.110; and adding a new section to chapter 51.52 RCW.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 7.68.110 and 1989 c 175 s 40 are each amended to read as follows:

The provisions contained in chapter 51.52 RCW relating to appeals shall govern appeals under this chapter: PROVIDED, That no provision contained in chapter 51.52 RCW concerning employers as parties to any settlement, appeal, or other action shall apply to this chapter: PROVIDED FURTHER, That appeals taken from a decision of the board of industrial insurance appeals under this chapter shall be governed by the provisions relating to judicial review of administrative decisions contained in RCW 34.05.510 through 34.05.598, and the department shall have the same right of review from a decision of the board of industrial insurance appeals as does the claimant: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the time in which to file a protest or appeal from any order, decision, or award under this chapter shall be ninety days from the date the order, decision, or award is communicated to the parties.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 51.52 RCW to read as follows:

This chapter shall not apply to matters concerning employers as parties to any settlement, appeal, or other action in accordance with chapter 7.68 RCW.