| Passed by the Senate March 13, 2007 YEAS 47 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 3, 2007 YEAS 96 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5688 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 18, 2007, 9:36 a.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 18, 2007 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/22/07.
AN ACT Relating to allowing industrial insurance claimants to designate a representative to receive the claimants' notices, orders, or warrants; and amending RCW 51.04.080.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 51.04.080 and 1972 ex.s. c 43 s 2 are each amended to
read as follows:
On all claims under this title, claimants' written notices, orders,
or warrants ((shall not be forwarded to, or in care of, any
representative of the claimant, but shall)) must be forwarded directly
to the claimant until such time as there has been entered an order on
the claim appealable to the board of industrial insurance appeals.
Claimants' written notices, orders, or warrants may be forwarded to the
claimant in care of a representative before an order has been entered
if the claimant sets forth in writing the name and address of the
representative to whom the claimant desires this information to be
forwarded.