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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 431

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Fisch and Hargrove

Read first time 2/1/85 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to wages and other conditions of employment; and amending RCW 49.46.060.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 6, chapter 294, Laws of 1959 and RCW 49.46.060 are each amended to read as follows:

          The director, to the extent necessary in order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regulations provide for (1) the employment of learners, of apprentices, and of messengers employed primarily in delivering letters and messages, under special certificates issued pursuant to regulations of the director, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under RCW 49.46.020 and subject to such limitations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as the director shall prescribe, and (2) the employment of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental ((deficiency or injury)) handicap, under special certificates issued by the director, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under RCW 49.46.020 and for such period as shall be fixed in such certificates:  PROVIDED, That no person who is blind or otherwise visually impaired may be issued a certificate under this section solely by reason of said blindness or visual impairment.