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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1699

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Sayan, Lux, Cole, Fisher, Jones, Nelson and Unsoeld

Read first time 1/22/88 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to agricultural workers; and amending RCW 15.24.080.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 15.24.080, chapter 11, Laws of 1961 and RCW 15.24.080 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The commission shall provide for and conduct a comprehensive and extensive research, advertising and educational campaign as continuous as the crop, sales and market conditions reasonably require.  It shall investigate and ascertain the needs of producers, conditions of the markets and extent to which public convenience and necessity require research and advertising to be conducted.

(2) The commission shall not solicit, recruit, select, supply, or advertise for the services of agricultural workers.