1548 AMH CL REIN 27

HB 1548 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

On page 2, beginning on line 35, after “in the” strike “supplemental pension fund established under RCW 51.44.033" and insert “employment standards enforcement account established under section 17 of this act”

On page 3, beginning on line 16, after “in the” strike “supplemental pension fund established under RCW 51.44.033" and insert “employment standards enforcement account established under section 17 of this act”

On page 12, after line 29, insert the following:

“NEW SECTION. Sec. 17. A new section is added to chapter 49.46 RCW to read as follows:

The employment standards enforcement account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from civil penalties assessed under this chapter and chapter 49.48 RCW must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the employment standards program administered by the department of labor and industries.”

EFFECT: Creates the employment standards enforcement account; requires that civil penalties for wage payment violations be deposited in this account instead of the supplemental pension fund; and requires that expenditures from this account be used only for the Department of Labor and Industries’ employment standards program.