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                         SENATE BILL 6304

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State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

By Senators Prentice, Parlette, Rasmussen, Oke and McAuliffe

Read first time 01/15/2002.  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.

Allowing a spouse to contribute to the production of hand-harvested fruit.

    AN ACT Relating to the hand harvesting of fruit; and amending RCW 49.46.060.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 49.46.060 and 1959 c 294 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The director, to the extent necessary in order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regulations provide for (((1))) (a) the employment of learners, of apprentices, and of messengers employed primarily in delivering letters and messages, under special certificates issued pursuant to regulations of the director, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under RCW 49.46.020 and subject to such limitations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as the director shall prescribe, and (((2))) (b) the employment of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, under special certificates issued by the director, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under RCW 49.46.020 and for such period as shall be fixed in such certificates.

(2) Any individual who is the spouse of an employee engaged in the hand harvesting of fruit may assist the employee in hand harvesting and have the fruit they pick be considered a part of their spouse's production.

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