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                          HOUSE BILL 3077

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Conway, Clements, Thomas, Wensman, Reardon, Radcliff, Cairnes, Morris, Constantine, Stensen, Wood, Schual‑Berke, Cooper, Anderson, Santos, Lovick, Kenney, Regala, Keiser, Rockefeller, Dunn, Mulliken, Carlson, O'Brien, Gombosky, Grant, Eickmeyer, Kessler, Edwards, Edmonds, Miloscia, Fisher, Linville, Koster, Ballasiotes, Pflug, D. Sommers, Campbell, D. Schmidt, Murray, Hatfield, Ogden, Hurst, Dunshee, Haigh, Tokuda, Woods, Barlean, G. Chandler, Fortunato, Boldt, Mielke, McDonald, Cody, Veloria, Scott, McIntire, Esser, Alexander, Bush, Sullivan, Lantz, Ericksen, Talcott, Buck, Dickerson, Ruderman, Wolfe, Schoesler and Kagi

Read first time 01/27/2000.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

Modifying unemployment insurance.

    AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that modifications of the unemployment insurance system are needed to ensure that employer taxes are not unnecessarily increased and future taxes are set at appropriate levels, and that benefits for unemployed dislocated workers are available to support retraining opportunities.

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