BILL REQ. #: S-0908.1

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5070
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State of Washington

62nd Legislature

2011 Regular Session

By Senate Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Conway, Kohl-Welles, Kline, and Chase; by request of Department of Labor & Industries)

READ FIRST TIME 01/25/11.

AN ACT Relating to prevailing wage records requests; and adding a new section to chapter 39.12 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 39.12 RCW to read as follows:
Any employer, contractor, or subcontractor who fails to provide requested records, or fails to allow adequate inspection of records in an investigation by the department of labor and industries under this chapter within sixty calendar days of service of the department's request may not use the records in any proceeding under this chapter to challenge the correctness of any determination by the department that wages are owed, that a record or statement is false, or that the employer, contractor, or subcontractor has failed to file a record or statement.

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