SB 6461 - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/11/04)

Requires the department of labor and industries to prepare a report on the use of total employer payroll as the basis for workers' compensation premiums. The department shall compare the use of hours worked with the use of total employer payroll and discuss the positive and negative aspects of each.

Provides that, in preparing this report, the department shall also review how other states determine workers' compensation premiums. The report shall be delivered to the appropriate legislative committees by December 1, 2004.