CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2673

Chapter 66, Laws of 2012

62nd Legislature
2012 Regular Session



TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/07/12

Passed by the House March 3, 2012
  Yeas 70   Nays 26

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 1, 2012
  Yeas 40   Nays 9


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2673 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 23, 2012, 11:27 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 23, 2012







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2673
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2012 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2012 Regular Session

By House Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Clibborn, Hunt, Liias, Kenney, Lytton, Green, Probst, Goodman, Dickerson, Ryu, Seaquist, Darneille, Cody, Carlyle, Sullivan, Kirby, Ormsby, Ladenburg, Moscoso, Springer, Hasegawa, Maxwell, Wylie, Tharinger, and Pollet)

READ FIRST TIME 02/06/12.   



     AN ACT Relating to transportation workforce development; and adding a new section to chapter 47.01 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 47.01 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The department shall expend federal funds received by the department, and funds that may be available to the department, under 23 U.S.C. Sec. 140(b) to increase diversity in the highway construction workforce and prepare individuals interested in entering the highway construction workforce by conducting activities in subsection (4) of this section.
     (2) The requirements contained in subsection (1) of this section do not apply to or reduce the federal funds that would be otherwise allocated to local government agencies.
     (3) The department shall, to the greatest extent practicable, in coordination with the apprenticeship and training council described in chapter 49.04 RCW, expend moneys from other sources than those specified in subsection (1) of this section for the activities in subsection (4) of this section.
     (4) The department shall coordinate with the apprenticeship and training council to provide any portion of the following services:
     (a) Preapprenticeship programs approved by the apprenticeship and training council;
     (b) Preemployment counseling;
     (c) Orientations on the highway construction industry, including outreach to women, minorities, and other disadvantaged individuals;
     (d) Basic skills improvement classes;
     (e) Career counseling;
     (f) Remedial training;
     (g) Entry requirements for training programs;
     (h) Supportive services and assistance with transportation;
     (i) Child care and special needs;
     (j) Job site mentoring and retention services; and
     (k) Assistance with tools, protective clothing, and other related support for employment costs.
     (5) The department, in coordination with the apprenticeship and training council, shall submit a report to the transportation committees of the legislature by December 1st of each year beginning in 2012. The report must contain:
     (a) An analysis of the results of the activities in subsection (4) of this section;
     (b) The amount available to the department from federal funds for the activities in subsection (4) of this section and the amount expended for those activities; and
     (c) The performance outcomes achieved from each activity, including the number of persons receiving services, training, and employment.


         Passed by the House March 3, 2012.
         Passed by the Senate March 1, 2012.
         Approved by the Governor March 23, 2012.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 23, 2012.