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LAWS AND RULES

State of WashingtonEmployment Security Department

Olympia, Washington 98504

AS AMENDED 2005

EMS 10030 (Rev. 3/05)

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Chapter TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

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Title 50 RCWUnemployment Compensation

50.01 General Provisions50.01.005 Short title................................................................................................................................................................. 250.01.010 Preamble ................................................................................................................................................................. 2

50.04 Definitions50.04.020 Base year—Alternative base year ........................................................................................................................... 350.04.030 Benefit year............................................................................................................................................................. 350.04.040 Benefits ................................................................................................................................................................... 450.04.050 Calendar quarter...................................................................................................................................................... 450.04.060 Commissioner ......................................................................................................................................................... 450.04.070 Contributions........................................................................................................................................................... 450.04.072 Contributions—"Contributions" and "payments in lieu of contributions" as money

payments and taxes due state........................................................................................................................... 550.04.073 Contributions—As including "payments in lieu of contributions"—Scope ............................................................ 550.04.075 Dislocated worker ................................................................................................................................................... 550.04.080 Employer................................................................................................................................................................. 550.04.090 Employing unit........................................................................................................................................................ 550.04.100 Employment............................................................................................................................................................ 650.04.110 Employment—Situs of service................................................................................................................................ 650.04.115 Employment—Out-of-state service, election .......................................................................................................... 650.04.116 Employment—Out-of-state, when included—"American employer" defined ........................................................ 650.04.120 Employment—Localized service ............................................................................................................................ 750.04.125 Employment—Foreign degree-granting institutions—Employee services localized in country of domicile .......... 750.04.140 Employment—Exception tests ................................................................................................................................ 750.04.145 Employment—Services performed for contractor, when excluded......................................................................... 750.04.148 Employment—Services performed by musician or entertainer............................................................................... 850.04.150 Employment—Agricultural labor............................................................................................................................ 850.04.155 Service performed in agricultural labor for farm operator or crew leader ............................................................... 850.04.160 Employment—Domestic service............................................................................................................................. 950.04.165 Employment—Corporate officers—Election of coverage....................................................................................... 950.04.170 Employment—Maritime service ............................................................................................................................. 950.04.180 Family employment ................................................................................................................................................ 950.04.205 Services performed by aliens .................................................................................................................................. 950.04.206 Employment—Nonresident alien .......................................................................................................................... 1050.04.210 Employment—Foreign governmental service....................................................................................................... 1050.04.220 Employment—Service covered by federal act ...................................................................................................... 1050.04.223 Employment—Massage practitioner ..................................................................................................................... 1050.04.225 Employment—Barber and cosmetology services.................................................................................................. 1050.04.230 Employment—Services of insurance agent, broker, or solicitor, real estate broker or

real estate salesman, and investment company agent or solicitor .................................................................. 1050.04.232 Employment—Travel services .............................................................................................................................. 1050.04.235 Employment—Outside salesman paid by commission ......................................................................................... 1150.04.240 Employment—Newsboy's service......................................................................................................................... 1150.04.245 Employment—Services performed for temporary services agency, employee leasing

agency, or services referral agency ............................................................................................................... 1150.04.255 Employment—Appraisal practitioner services...................................................................................................... 1150.04.265 Employment—Indian Tribes................................................................................................................................. 1150.04.270 Employment—Casual labor .................................................................................................................................. 1150.04.280 Employment—"Pay period" determination........................................................................................................... 1150.04.290 Employment office................................................................................................................................................ 1150.04.293 Misconduct............................................................................................................................................................ 1250.04.294 Misconduct—Gross misconduct ........................................................................................................................... 1250.04.295 Payments in lieu of contributions.......................................................................................................................... 1250.04.300 State ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1250.04.310 Unemployed individual—Individual deemed not "unemployed."......................................................................... 1350.04.320 Wages, remuneration............................................................................................................................................. 1350.04.323 Wages, remuneration—Government or private retirement pension plan payments—

Effect upon eligibility—Reduction in benefits.............................................................................................. 1450.04.330 Wages, remuneration—Retirement and disability payments excepted.................................................................. 1450.04.335 Wages, remuneration—Stock transfers excepted .................................................................................................. 1550.04.340 Wages, remuneration—Death benefits excepted................................................................................................... 1550.04.350 Wages, remuneration—Excepted payments.......................................................................................................... 15

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50.04.355 Wages, remuneration—Average annual wage—Average weekly wage—Average annual wage for contributions purposes.......................................................................................... 15

50.04.360 Week ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16

50.06 Temporary Total Disability50.06.010 Purpose.................................................................................................................................................................. 1750.06.020 Allowable beneficiaries......................................................................................................................................... 1750.06.030 Application for initial determination of disability—Special base year—Special individual benefit year ............. 1750.06.040 Laws and regulations governing amounts payable and right to benefits ............................................................... 1850.06.050 Use of wages and time worked for prior claims—Effect ...................................................................................... 1850.06.900 Application of chapter—Recipients of industrial insurance or crime victims compensation ................................ 1850.06.910 Partial invalidity of chapter ................................................................................................................................... 18

50.08 Establishment of Department50.08.010 Employment security department established ....................................................................................................... 1950.08.020 Divisions established............................................................................................................................................. 1950.08.030 Administration of family services and programs................................................................................................... 19

50.12 Administration50.12.010 Commissioner's duties and powers........................................................................................................................ 2050.12.020 Personnel appointed by commissioner .................................................................................................................. 2050.12.031 Personnel board—Travel expenses of board ......................................................................................................... 2050.12.040 Rule-making authority .......................................................................................................................................... 2050.12.042 Rules—2003 2nd sp.s. c 4..................................................................................................................................... 2150.12.045 Contract to issue conditional federal employer identification numbers, credentials,

and documents in conjunction with license applications............................................................................... 2150.12.050 Reciprocal benefit arrangements ........................................................................................................................... 2150.12.060 Reciprocal coverage arrangements........................................................................................................................ 2150.12.070 Employing unit records and reports—Unified business identifier account number records.................................. 2150.12.080 Arbitrary reports.................................................................................................................................................... 2250.12.090 Interstate use of employing unit records ............................................................................................................... 2250.12.100 Compulsory production of records and information ............................................................................................. 2250.12.120 Protection against self-incrimination..................................................................................................................... 2250.12.130 Oaths and witnesses .............................................................................................................................................. 2250.12.140 Destruction of office records................................................................................................................................. 2250.12.150 Representation by attorney general ....................................................................................................................... 2350.12.160 Publication of title, rules and regulations, etc ....................................................................................................... 2350.12.170 Services and fees of sheriffs.................................................................................................................................. 2350.12.180 State-federal cooperation ...................................................................................................................................... 2350.12.190 Employment stabilization...................................................................................................................................... 2350.12.200 State advisory council—Committees and councils ............................................................................................... 2450.12.210 Employment services for handicapped—Report to legislative committees........................................................... 2450.12.220 Penalties for late reports or contributions—Assessment—Appeal........................................................................ 2450.12.230 Job skills training program—Department's duties................................................................................................. 2550.12.235 Washington conservation corps—Department's duties ......................................................................................... 2550.12.240 On-the-job training—Employer qualifications established by rule ....................................................................... 2550.12.245 Cooperation with work force training and education coordinating board ............................................................. 2550.12.250 Information clearinghouse to assist in employment of persons of disability......................................................... 2550.12.252 Information clearinghouse—Consultation on establishment................................................................................. 2550.12.280 Displaced workers account—Compensation and retraining after thermal electric

generation facility's cessation of operation.................................................................................................... 25

50.13 Records and Information--Privacy and Confidentiality50.13.010 Legislative intent and recognition ......................................................................................................................... 2650.13.015 Information held private and confidential—Requests for disclosure .................................................................... 2650.13.020 Information or records deemed private and confidential—Release when required by federal program................ 2650.13.030 Rules ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2650.13.040 Access of individual or employing unit to records and information...................................................................... 2650.13.050 Access to records or information by interested party in proceeding before appeal

tribunal or commissioner—Decisions not private and confidential, exception ............................................. 2750.13.060 Access to records or information by governmental agencies ................................................................................ 2750.13.070 Availability of records or information to parties to judicial or administrative

proceedings—Discovery proceedings—Subpoenas ...................................................................................... 29

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50.13.080 Disclosure of records or information to private persons or organizations contracting toassist in operation and management of department—Penalties..................................................................... 29

50.13.090 Disclosure of records or information to contracting governmental or private organizations................................. 2950.13.100 Disclosure of records or information where identifying details deleted or individual or

employing unit consents................................................................................................................................ 2950.13.900 Construction.......................................................................................................................................................... 2950.13.905 Severability—1977 ex.s. c 153 ............................................................................................................................. 2950.13.910 Legislative designation and placement.................................................................................................................. 29

50.16 Funds50.16.010 Unemployment compensation fund—Administrative contingency fund—

Federal interest payment fund ....................................................................................................................... 3050.16.015 Federal interest payment fund—Establishment..................................................................................................... 3150.16.020 Administration of funds—Accounts ..................................................................................................................... 3150.16.030 Withdrawals from federal unemployment trust fund............................................................................................. 3250.16.040 Management of funds upon discontinuance of federal unemployment trust fund ................................................. 3250.16.050 Unemployment compensation administration fund............................................................................................... 3350.16.060 Replacement of federal funds................................................................................................................................ 3350.16.070 Federal interest payment fund—Employer contributions—When payable—

Maximum rate—Deduction from remuneration unlawful ............................................................................. 3350.16.080 Federal targeted jobs tax credit program—Administration—Processing fee—Deposit of fees ............................ 34

50.20 Benefits and Claims50.20.010 Benefit eligibility conditions................................................................................................................................. 3550.20.011 Profiling system to identify individuals likely to exhaust benefits—

Confidentiality of information—Penalty....................................................................................................... 3650.20.012 Rules—1995 c 381................................................................................................................................................ 3650.20.020 Waiting period credit limitation ............................................................................................................................ 3650.20.041 Health care professionals who have contracted hepatitis C—Training ................................................................. 3650.20.042 Unemployed aerospace workers—Training .......................................................................................................... 3650.20.043 Training provision................................................................................................................................................. 3650.20.044 Ineligibility for benefits for failure to attend job search workshop or training course........................................... 3750.20.050 Disqualification for leaving work voluntarily without good cause........................................................................ 3750.20.060 Disqualification from benefits due to misconduct................................................................................................. 3850.20.065 Cancellation of hourly wage credits due to felony or gross misdemeanor ............................................................ 3950.20.066 Disqualification from benefits due to misconduct—Cancellation of hourly wage

credits due to gross misconduct..................................................................................................................... 3950.20.070 Disqualification for misrepresentation .................................................................................................................. 3950.20.080 Disqualification for refusal to work ...................................................................................................................... 3950.20.085 Disqualification for receipt of industrial insurance disability benefits .................................................................. 3950.20.090 Strike or lockout disqualification—When inapplicable......................................................................................... 4050.20.095 Disqualification for attending school or institution of higher education ............................................................... 4050.20.098 Services performed by alien.................................................................................................................................. 4050.20.099 Training Benefits—Eligibility to work in the United States ................................................................................. 4150.20.100 Suitable work factors............................................................................................................................................. 4150.20.110 Suitable work exceptions ...................................................................................................................................... 4150.20.113 Unemployment of sport or athletic event participant during period between sport seasons.................................. 4150.20.115 Unemployment due to vacation............................................................................................................................. 4150.20.117 Jury service ........................................................................................................................................................... 4250.20.118 Unemployment while in approved training ........................................................................................................... 4250.20.119 Part-time workers .................................................................................................................................................. 4250.20.120 Amount of benefits................................................................................................................................................ 4250.20.130 Deduction from weekly benefit amount ................................................................................................................ 4350.20.140 Filing applications and claims—Definitions ......................................................................................................... 4350.20.150 Notice of application or claim............................................................................................................................... 4450.20.160 Redetermination .................................................................................................................................................... 4450.20.170 Payment of benefits............................................................................................................................................... 4450.20.180 Denial of benefits .................................................................................................................................................. 4450.20.190 Recovery of benefit payments............................................................................................................................... 4550.20.191 Authority to compromise benefit overpayments ................................................................................................... 4650.20.192 Collection of benefit overpayments, limitation of actions..................................................................................... 4650.20.193 Chargeoff of uncollectible benefit overpayments.................................................................................................. 4650.20.195 Assessed interest—Use ......................................................................................................................................... 46

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50.20.200 Nonliability of state............................................................................................................................................... 4650.20.210 Notification of availability of basic health plan .................................................................................................... 4650.20.220 Federal income tax deduction and withholding—Notice—Rules ......................................................................... 4650.20.230 Electronic labor exchange system ......................................................................................................................... 4750.20.240 Job search monitoring ........................................................................................................................................... 47

50.22 Extended and Additional Benefits50.22.010 Definitions............................................................................................................................................................. 4850.22.020 Application of statute and rules—Eligibility for extended benefits ...................................................................... 4950.22.030 Extended benefit eligibility conditions—Interstate claim ..................................................................................... 5050.22.040 Weekly extended benefit amount .......................................................................................................................... 5050.22.050 Total extended benefit amount—Reduction.......................................................................................................... 5150.22.060 Public announcement when extended benefit period becomes effective or is

terminated—Computations of rate of insured unemployment....................................................................... 5150.22.105 Supplemental additional benefits—February 26, 1994, through December 31, 1995—Eligibility ....................... 5150.22.130 Training benefits program—Intent........................................................................................................................ 5150.22.140 Employment security department authorized to pay training benefits—Expenditures.......................................... 5250.22.150 Training benefits—Eligibility—Payment—Local work force development council to

identify declining and high demand occupations and skill sets—Rules ........................................................ 52

50.24 Contributions by Employers50.24.010 Payment of contributions—Amount of wages subject to tax—Wages paid

by employers making payments in lieu of contributions not remuneration ................................................... 5550.24.014 Financing special unemployment assistance—Financing the employment security

department's administrative costs—Accounts—Contributions ..................................................................... 5550.24.015 Wages—Deemed paid when contractually due..................................................................................................... 5650.24.020 Authority to compromise ...................................................................................................................................... 5650.24.030 Contributions erroneously paid to United States or another state.......................................................................... 5750.24.040 Interest on delinquent contributions ...................................................................................................................... 5750.24.050 Lien for contributions generally ............................................................................................................................ 5750.24.060 Lien in event of insolvency or dissolution ............................................................................................................ 5750.24.070 Order and notice of assessment ............................................................................................................................. 5850.24.080 Jeopardy assessment.............................................................................................................................................. 5850.24.090 Distraint, seizure, and sale..................................................................................................................................... 5850.24.100 Distraint procedure................................................................................................................................................ 5850.24.110 Notice and order to withhold and deliver .............................................................................................................. 5850.24.115 Warrant—Authorized—Filing—Lien—Enforcement........................................................................................... 5950.24.120 Collection by civil action ...................................................................................................................................... 5950.24.125 Collection by civil action—Collection of delinquent payments in lieu of

contributions from political subdivisions or instrumentalities thereof........................................................... 5950.24.130 Contractor's and principal's liability for contributions—Exceptions ..................................................................... 6050.24.140 Collection remedies cumulative ............................................................................................................................ 6050.24.150 Contribution adjustments and refunds................................................................................................................... 6050.24.160 Election of coverage.............................................................................................................................................. 6050.24.170 Joint accounts........................................................................................................................................................ 6150.24.180 Injunction proceedings .......................................................................................................................................... 6150.24.190 Limitation of actions ............................................................................................................................................. 6150.24.200 Chargeoff of uncollectible accounts...................................................................................................................... 6150.24.210 Contributions due and payable upon termination or disposal of business—Successor liability ............................ 61

50.29 Employer Experience Rating50.29.010 Definitions............................................................................................................................................................. 6250.29.020 Experience rating accounts—Benefits not charged............................................................................................... 6250.29.021 Experience rating accounts—Benefits not charged—Claims with an effective

date on or after January 4, 2004 .................................................................................................................... 6350.29.025 Contribution rate ................................................................................................................................................... 6450.29.026 Modification of contribution rate .......................................................................................................................... 6750.29.027 Benefit ratio computed for 1985 and thereafter..................................................................................................... 6850.29.030 "Wages" defined for purpose of prorating benefit charges.................................................................................... 6850.29.041 Contribution rate—Solvency surcharge ................................................................................................................ 6850.29.062 Contribution rates for predecessor and successor employers ................................................................................ 6850.29.065 Notice of benefits paid and charged to employer's account................................................................................... 6950.29.070 Notice of employer benefit charges and rate of contribution—Review and appeal .............................................. 69

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50.29.080 Redetermination and correction of employer's contribution rate........................................................................... 69

50.32 Review, Hearings and Appeals50.32.010 Appeal tribunals .................................................................................................................................................... 7150.32.020 Filing of benefit appeals........................................................................................................................................ 7150.32.025 Mailed appeal or petition ...................................................................................................................................... 7150.32.030 Appeal from order and notice of assessment......................................................................................................... 7150.32.040 Benefit appeal procedure....................................................................................................................................... 7250.32.050 Contributions appeal procedure............................................................................................................................. 7250.32.060 Conduct of appeal hearings ................................................................................................................................... 7250.32.070 Petition for review by commissioner..................................................................................................................... 7250.32.075 Waiver of time for appeal or petition .................................................................................................................... 7350.32.080 Commissioner's review procedure......................................................................................................................... 7350.32.090 Finality of commissioner's decision ...................................................................................................................... 7350.32.095 Commissioner's decisions as precedents—Publication ......................................................................................... 7350.32.097 Applicability of finding, determination, etc., to other action................................................................................. 7350.32.100 Costs...................................................................................................................................................................... 7350.32.110 Fees for administrative hearings............................................................................................................................ 7350.32.120 Procedure for judicial review ................................................................................................................................ 7350.32.130 Undertakings on seeking judicial review .............................................................................................................. 7350.32.140 Interstate petitions to Thurston county .................................................................................................................. 7450.32.150 Jurisdiction of court .............................................................................................................................................. 7450.32.160 Attorneys' fees....................................................................................................................................................... 7450.32.170 Decision final by agreement.................................................................................................................................. 7450.32.180 Remedies of title exclusive ................................................................................................................................... 7450.32.190 Costs, charges, and expenses................................................................................................................................. 74

50.36 Penalties50.36.010 Violations generally .............................................................................................................................................. 7550.36.020 Violations by employers ....................................................................................................................................... 7550.36.030 Concealing cause of discharge .............................................................................................................................. 75

50.38 Labor Market Information and Economic Analysis50.38.010 Intent ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7650.38.015 Definitions............................................................................................................................................................. 7650.38.020 Occupational information responsibility—Forecast, criteria................................................................................. 7650.38.030 Occupational forecast—Agency consultation ....................................................................................................... 7750.38.040 Annual report ........................................................................................................................................................ 7750.38.050 Department—Duties ............................................................................................................................................. 7750.38.060 Department—Powers ............................................................................................................................................ 7750.38.065 Moneys for nonfunded labor market information costs—Disposition .................................................................. 7750.38.900 Effective date—1982 c 43..................................................................................................................................... 7850.38.901 Conflict with federal requirements—1993 c 62 .................................................................................................... 7850.38.902 Effective date—1993 c 62..................................................................................................................................... 78

50.40 Miscellaneous Provisions50.40.010 Waiver of rights void ............................................................................................................................................ 7950.40.020 Exemption of benefits ........................................................................................................................................... 7950.40.040 No vested rights .................................................................................................................................................... 7950.40.050 Child support obligations ...................................................................................................................................... 7950.40.065 "Vendors in good standing"—Determination by governor's committee on disability

issues and employment—Advisory subcommittee—Rules........................................................................... 8050.40.066 Rules to implement RCW 50.40.065—Fees authorized—Vendors in good standing account .............................. 80

50.44 Special Coverage Provisions50.44.010 Religious, charitable, educational or other nonprofit organizations—Exemption—

Payments ....................................................................................................................................................... 8250.44.020 Instrumentalities of this state, other states, political subdivisions ......................................................................... 8250.44.030 Political subdivisions, instrumentalities of this state and other state ..................................................................... 8250.44.035 Local government tax............................................................................................................................................ 8350.44.037 "Institution of higher education" defined .............................................................................................................. 8350.44.040 Services excluded under "employment" for certain purposes ............................................................................... 8350.44.050 Benefits payable, terms and conditions—"Academic year" defined ..................................................................... 84

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50.44.053 "Reasonable assurance" defined—Presumption, employees of educational institutions ....................................... 8550.44.055 Finding—Intent—Reasonable assurance, application to employees of educational institutions ........................... 8650.44.060 Nonprofit organization employees—Financing of benefits—Election of payments in lieu

of contributions ............................................................................................................................................. 8650.44.070 Election to make payments in lieu of contributions—Bond or deposit ................................................................. 8850.44.080 Construction—Compliance with federal unemployment tax act, department of labor guidelines......................... 8850.44.090 Construction—Mandatory coverage of employees of political subdivision under 1977 ex.s. c 292 ..................... 88

50.50 Indian Tribes50.50.010 Employment.......................................................................................................................................................... 9050.50.020 Benefits—Generally ............................................................................................................................................. 9050.50.030 Contributions—Election of payments in lieu of contributions .............................................................................. 9050.50.040 Option to make payments in lieu of contributions—Revocation—Reinstatement—Notices ................................ 9050.50.050 Notices—Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 9150.50.060 Extended benefits—Financing by Indian tribe ...................................................................................................... 9150.50.070 Indian tribes subject to same terms and conditions as other employers ................................................................ 9150.50.900 Conflict with federal requirements—2001 1st sp.s. c 11....................................................................................... 9150.50.901 Severability—2001 1st sp.s. c 11 .......................................................................................................................... 9150.50.902 Effective date—2001 1st sp.s. c 11 ....................................................................................................................... 9150.50.903 Retroactive application—2001 1st sp.s. c 11 ........................................................................................................ 91

50.60 Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits50.60.010 Legislative intent................................................................................................................................................... 9250.60.020 Definitions............................................................................................................................................................. 9250.60.030 Compensation plan—Criteria for approval ........................................................................................................... 9250.60.040 Compensation plan—Approval or rejection—Resubmission................................................................................ 9350.60.050 Approved plan—Misrepresentation—Penalties .................................................................................................... 9350.60.060 Approved plan—Effective date—Expiration ........................................................................................................ 9350.60.070 Approved plan—Revocation—Review of plans ................................................................................................... 9350.60.080 Approved plan—Modification .............................................................................................................................. 9350.60.090 Shared work benefits—Eligibility......................................................................................................................... 9350.60.100 Benefits—Weekly amount—Maximum entitlement—Claims—Conditions......................................................... 9350.60.110 Benefits—Charge to employers' experience rating accounts................................................................................. 9450.60.120 Benefits—Exhaustee ............................................................................................................................................. 9450.60.900 Title and rules to apply to shared work benefits—Conflict with federal requirements ......................................... 9450.60.901 Rules ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9450.60.902 Effective date—1983 c 207................................................................................................................................... 94

50.62 Special Employment Assistance50.62.010 Legislative findings............................................................................................................................................... 9550.62.020 Definitions............................................................................................................................................................. 9550.62.030 Job service program or activity ............................................................................................................................. 9650.62.040 Annual report—Wage and benefit history ............................................................................................................ 96

50.65 Washington Service Corps50.65.010 Legislative findings............................................................................................................................................... 9750.65.020 Definitions............................................................................................................................................................. 9750.65.030 Washington service corps established—Commissioner's duties ........................................................................... 9850.65.040 Washington service corps—Criteria for enrollment.............................................................................................. 9850.65.050 Washington service corps—List of local youth employment opportunities .......................................................... 9850.65.060 Washington service corps—Placement under work agreements ........................................................................... 9850.65.065 Work agreements—Requirements ........................................................................................................................ 9950.65.070 Enrollees not to displace current workers.............................................................................................................. 9950.65.080 Commissioner to seek assistance for Washington service corps ........................................................................... 9950.65.090 Authority for income-generating projects—Disposition of income ...................................................................... 9950.65.100 Work agreements—Nondiscrimination................................................................................................................. 9950.65.110 Enrollees—Training and subsistence allowance—Medical insurance and medical aid—

Notice of coverage ........................................................................................................................................ 9950.65.120 Exemption of enrollees from unemployment compensation coverage .................................................................. 9950.65.130 Federal and private sector funds and grants .......................................................................................................... 9950.65.138 Use of funds for enrollees and projects in distressed areas—Service corps .......................................................... 9950.65.143 Limitation on use of funds for administration—Service corps............................................................................ 10050.65.150 Washington service corps scholarship account—Created—Use ......................................................................... 100

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50.65.200 Washington serves—Findings—Declaration ...................................................................................................... 10050.65.210 Washington serves—Definitions......................................................................................................................... 10050.65.220 Washington serves—Program—Created—Procedure—Intent ........................................................................... 10150.65.230 Washington serves—Applicants—Eligibility ..................................................................................................... 10150.65.240 Washington serves—Disqualification for Washington service corps participation............................................. 10150.65.250 Washington serves—Volunteers—Selection—Placement .................................................................................. 10150.65.260 Washington serves—Volunteers—Support......................................................................................................... 10150.65.270 Washington serves—Volunteers—Medical benefits—Benefit limits ................................................................. 10250.65.280 Washington serves—Displacement of current workers prohibited ..................................................................... 10250.65.290 Washington serves—Volunteers—Unemployment compensation coverage limited .......................................... 10250.65.300 Washington serves—Volunteers—Assistance to defer student loan payments................................................... 10250.65.310 Washington serves—Volunteers—Subsequent development of skills and experience—Recognition ................ 10250.65.320 Washington serves—Service placement—Work agreements—Contracts—

Rules for agencies—Financial support for organizations ............................................................................ 10250.65.330 Washington serves—Gifts, grants, endowments—Matching funds .................................................................... 10250.65.901 Conflict with federal requirements—1983 1st ex.s. c 50 .................................................................................... 10350.65.902 Severability—1983 1st ex.s. c 50........................................................................................................................ 10350.65.903 Conflict with federal requirements—1987 c 167 ................................................................................................ 10350.65.904 Severability—1987 c 167.................................................................................................................................... 10350.65.905 Effective date—1987 c 167................................................................................................................................. 10350.65.906 Conflict with federal requirements—1993 sp.s. c 7 ............................................................................................ 10350.65.907 Short title—1993 sp.s. c 7 ................................................................................................................................... 10350.65.908 Severability—1993 sp.s. c 7................................................................................................................................ 103

50.70 Programs for Dislocated Forest Products Workers50.70.030 Employment opportunities—Benefits ................................................................................................................. 10450.70.040 Recruitment—Career orientation services—Career counseling .......................................................................... 10450.70.050 Department of natural resources duties ............................................................................................................... 10450.70.900 Severability—1991 c 315.................................................................................................................................... 10450.70.901 Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 315 ................................................................................................ 10450.70.902 Effective date—1991 c 315................................................................................................................................. 104

50.72 Youthbuild Program50.72.010 Legislative findings............................................................................................................................................. 10550.72.020 Definitions........................................................................................................................................................... 10550.72.030 Commissioner's duties—Education and employment training grants ................................................................. 10550.72.040 Education and employment training grants—Eligibility activities...................................................................... 10550.72.050 Participation time limits—Educational services and activities requirement........................................................ 10650.72.060 Grant applications—Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 10650.72.070 Grant applications—Information required—Evaluation reports ......................................................................... 106

50.98 Construction50.98.010 Saving clause—1945 c 35 ................................................................................................................................... 10750.98.020 Appointments and regulations continued ............................................................................................................ 10750.98.030 Actions commenced under prior laws ................................................................................................................. 10750.98.040 Acts repealed....................................................................................................................................................... 10750.98.050 Conflicting acts repealed..................................................................................................................................... 10750.98.060 Repealed acts not reenacted ................................................................................................................................ 10750.98.070 Separability of provisions—1945 c 35 ................................................................................................................ 10750.98.080 Effective date—1945 c 35................................................................................................................................... 10750.98.100 Base year wages to include remuneration paid for previously uncovered services ............................................. 10750.98.110 Compliance with federal unemployment tax act—Internal references—Interpretation ...................................... 108

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Title 19.85 RCWRegulatory Fairness Act

19.85 Regulatory Fairness Act19.85.011 Finding ................................................................................................................................................................ 10919.85.020 Definitions........................................................................................................................................................... 10919.85.025 Application of chapter—Limited ........................................................................................................................ 10919.85.030 Agency rules—Small business economic impact statement—Reduction of costs imposed by rule .................... 10919.85.040 Small business economic impact statement—Purpose—Contents...................................................................... 11019.85.050 Agency plan for review of business rules—Scope—Factors applicable to review—Annual list ........................ 11019.85.061 Compliance with federal law............................................................................................................................... 11119.85.070 Small business economic impact statement—Notice of proposed rule ............................................................... 11119.85.900 Severability—1982 c 6........................................................................................................................................ 111

Title 34.05 RCWAdministrative Procedure Act

34.05 Administrative Procedure Act34.05.001 Legislative intent................................................................................................................................................. 113

Part I--General Provisions34.05.010 Definitions........................................................................................................................................................... 11334.05.020 Savings—Authority of agencies to comply with chapter—Effect of subsequent legislation .............................. 11434.05.030 Exclusions from chapter or parts of chapter ........................................................................................................ 11434.05.040 Operation of chapter if in conflict with federal law ............................................................................................ 11534.05.050 Waiver................................................................................................................................................................. 11534.05.060 Informal settlements............................................................................................................................................ 11534.05.070 Conversion of proceedings.................................................................................................................................. 11534.05.080 Variation from time limits................................................................................................................................... 11534.05.090 Forest practices board—Emergency rules........................................................................................................... 11634.05.100 Respectful language ............................................................................................................................................ 116

Part II--Public Access to Agency Rules34.05.210 Code and register—Publication and distribution—Omissions, removals, revisions—Judicial notice ................ 11634.05.220 Rules for agency procedure—Indexes of opinions and statements ..................................................................... 11634.05.230 Interpretive and policy statements....................................................................................................................... 11734.05.240 Declaratory order by agency—Petition ............................................................................................................... 11734.05.250 Model rules of procedure .................................................................................................................................... 11834.05.260 Electronic distribution......................................................................................................................................... 118

Part III--Rule-Making Procedures34.05.310 Prenotice inquiry—Negotiated and pilot rules .................................................................................................... 11834.05.312 Rules coordinator ................................................................................................................................................ 11934.05.313 Feasibility studies—Pilot projects....................................................................................................................... 11934.05.314 Rules development agenda.................................................................................................................................. 12034.05.315 Rule-making docket ............................................................................................................................................ 12034.05.320 Notice of proposed rule—Contents—Distribution by agency—Institutions of higher education ....................... 12034.05.322 Scope of rule-making authority........................................................................................................................... 12134.05.325 Public participation—Concise explanatory statement......................................................................................... 12134.05.328 Significant legislative rules, other selected rules................................................................................................. 12234.05.330 Petition for adoption, amendment, repeal—Agency action—Appeal ................................................................. 12434.05.335 Withdrawal of proposal—Time and manner of adoption .................................................................................... 12434.05.340 Variance between proposed and final rule .......................................................................................................... 12434.05.345 Failure to give twenty days notice of intended action—Effect............................................................................ 12534.05.350 Emergency rules and amendments ...................................................................................................................... 12534.05.353 Expedited rule making ........................................................................................................................................ 12534.05.360 Order adopting rule, contents .............................................................................................................................. 12634.05.362 Postadoption notice ............................................................................................................................................. 12634.05.365 Incorporation by reference .................................................................................................................................. 12734.05.370 Rule-making file ................................................................................................................................................. 12734.05.375 Substantial compliance with procedures ............................................................................................................. 12734.05.380 Filing with code reviser—Register—Effective dates .......................................................................................... 12734.05.385 Rules for rule making.......................................................................................................................................... 12834.05.390 Style, format, and numbering—Agency compliance .......................................................................................... 12834.05.395 Format and style of amendatory and new sections—Failure to comply .............................................................. 128

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Part IV--Adjudicative Proceedings34.05.410 Application of Part IV......................................................................................................................................... 12834.05.413 Commencement—When required....................................................................................................................... 12834.05.416 Decision not to conduct an adjudication ............................................................................................................. 12834.05.419 Agency action on applications for adjudication .................................................................................................. 12934.05.422 Rate changes, licenses......................................................................................................................................... 12934.05.425 Presiding officers—Disqualification, substitution............................................................................................... 12934.05.428 Representation..................................................................................................................................................... 13034.05.431 Conference—Procedure and participation........................................................................................................... 13034.05.434 Notice of hearing................................................................................................................................................. 13034.05.437 Pleadings, briefs, motions, service ...................................................................................................................... 13034.05.440 Default ................................................................................................................................................................ 13034.05.443 Intervention ......................................................................................................................................................... 13034.05.446 Subpoenas, discovery, and protective orders....................................................................................................... 13134.05.449 Procedure at hearing............................................................................................................................................ 13134.05.452 Rules of evidence—Cross-examination .............................................................................................................. 13134.05.455 Ex parte communications .................................................................................................................................... 13234.05.458 Separation of functions ....................................................................................................................................... 13234.05.461 Entry of orders .................................................................................................................................................... 13234.05.464 Review of initial orders ....................................................................................................................................... 13334.05.467 Stay .................................................................................................................................................................... 13334.05.470 Reconsideration................................................................................................................................................... 13334.05.473 Effectiveness of orders ........................................................................................................................................ 13434.05.476 Agency record ..................................................................................................................................................... 13434.05.479 Emergency adjudicative proceedings .................................................................................................................. 13434.05.4791 Secure community transition facility—Proceeding concerning public safety measures ..................................... 13434.05.482 Brief adjudicative proceedings—Applicability ................................................................................................... 13534.05.485 Brief adjudicative proceedings—Procedure........................................................................................................ 13534.05.488 Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Applicability ................................................................................ 13534.05.491 Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Procedures ................................................................................... 13534.05.494 Agency record in brief proceedings .................................................................................................................... 135

Part V--Judicial Review and Civil Enforcement34.05.510 Relationship between this chapter and other judicial review authority ............................................................... 13534.05.514 Petition for review—Where filed ........................................................................................................................ 13534.05.518 Direct review by court of appeals........................................................................................................................ 13634.05.522 Refusal of review by court of appeals ................................................................................................................. 13634.05.526 Appellate review by supreme court or court of appeals ...................................................................................... 13734.05.530 Standing .............................................................................................................................................................. 13734.05.534 Exhaustion of administrative remedies ............................................................................................................... 13734.05.542 Time for filing petition for review ...................................................................................................................... 13734.05.546 Petition for review—Contents............................................................................................................................. 13734.05.550 Stay and other temporary remedies ..................................................................................................................... 13734.05.554 Limitation on new issues..................................................................................................................................... 13834.05.558 Judicial review of facts confined to record.......................................................................................................... 13834.05.562 New evidence taken by court or agency.............................................................................................................. 13834.05.566 Agency record for review—Costs ....................................................................................................................... 13834.05.570 Judicial review .................................................................................................................................................... 13934.05.574 Type of relief....................................................................................................................................................... 13934.05.578 Petition by agency for enforcement..................................................................................................................... 14034.05.582 Petition by others for enforcement ...................................................................................................................... 14034.05.586 Defenses, limitations on ...................................................................................................................................... 14034.05.588 Enforcement of agency subpoena........................................................................................................................ 14034.05.590 Incorporation of other judicial review provisions ............................................................................................... 14134.05.594 Review by higher court ....................................................................................................................................... 14134.05.598 Frivolous petitions............................................................................................................................................... 141

Part VI--Legislative Review34.05.610 Joint administrative rules review committee—Members—Appointment—Terms—Vacancies ......................... 14134.05.620 Review of proposed rules—Notice ..................................................................................................................... 14134.05.630 Review of existing rules—Policy and interpretive statements, etc.—Notice—Hearing...................................... 14234.05.640 Committee objections to agency intended action—Statement in register and WAC—

Suspension of rule ....................................................................................................................................... 142

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34.05.650 Recommendations by committee to legislature................................................................................................... 14234.05.655 Petition for review............................................................................................................................................... 14234.05.660 Review and objection procedures—No presumption established........................................................................ 14334.05.665 Submission of rule for review—State employees protected................................................................................ 14334.05.671 Reports—Advisory boards—Staff ...................................................................................................................... 14334.05.675 Inspection of properties—Oaths, subpoenas, witnesses, depositions .................................................................. 14334.05.681 Enforcement—Committee subpoena—Refusal to testify.................................................................................... 143

Part IX--Technical Provisions34.05.900 Captions and headings......................................................................................................................................... 14434.05.901 Severability—1988 c 288.................................................................................................................................... 14434.05.902 Effective date—Application—1988 c 288 .......................................................................................................... 14434.05.903 Severability—1998 c 280.................................................................................................................................... 144

Title 34.12 RCWOffice of Administrative Hearings

34.12 Office of Administrative Hearings34.12.010 Office created—Conduct of hearings—Chief administrative law judge, appointment,

term, qualifications, removal....................................................................................................................... 14534.12.020 Definitions........................................................................................................................................................... 14534.12.030 Administrative law judges—Appointment and contractual basis—Clerical personnel—

Discipline and termination of administrative law judges—Civil service—Rules for operation of office ....................................................................................................................... 146

34.12.035 State patrol disciplinary hearings ........................................................................................................................ 14634.12.037 Human rights commission proceedings............................................................................................................... 14634.12.038 Local government whistleblower proceedings .................................................................................................... 14634.12.039 Local government whistleblower proceedings—Costs ....................................................................................... 14634.12.040 Hearings conducted by administrative law judges—Criteria for assignment ...................................................... 14634.12.050 Administrative law judge—Motion of prejudice against—Request for assignment of ....................................... 14634.12.060 Initial decision or proposal for decision—Findings of fact and conclusions of law—

Inapplicability to state patrol disciplinary hearings..................................................................................... 14634.12.070 Record of hearings .............................................................................................................................................. 14734.12.080 Procedural conduct of hearings—Rules .............................................................................................................. 14734.12.090 Transfer of employees and equipment ................................................................................................................ 14734.12.100 Salaries................................................................................................................................................................ 14734.12.110 Application of chapter......................................................................................................................................... 14734.12.120 Appointment of chief administrative law judge .................................................................................................. 14734.12.130 Administrative hearings revolving fund—Created, purposes.............................................................................. 14734.12.140 Transfers and payments into revolving fund—Limitation on employment security

department payments—Allotment by director of financial management—Disbursements from fund by voucher ......................................................................................................... 147

34.12.150 Accounting procedures........................................................................................................................................ 14734.12.160 Direct payments by agencies, when authorized................................................................................................... 148

Title 42.17 RCWDisclosure—Campaign Finances—Lobbying—Records

42.17 Disclosure—Campaign Finances—Lobbying—Records42.17.310 Certain personal and other records exempt ......................................................................................................... 149

Title 43.05 RCWTechnical Assistance Programs

43.05 Technical Assistance Programs43.05.005 Findings .............................................................................................................................................................. 15843.05.010 Definitions........................................................................................................................................................... 15843.05.020 Agency programs—List of technical assistance providers.................................................................................. 15843.05.030 Technical assistance visit—Notice of violation .................................................................................................. 15843.05.040 Time to correct violations—Revisit—Issuance of penalties ............................................................................... 15943.05.050 Issuance of penalty during technical assistance visit........................................................................................... 15943.05.060 Department of ecology—Notice of correction .................................................................................................... 159

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Title 43.05 RCWTechnical Assistance Programs

43.05.070 Department of ecology—Penalty ........................................................................................................................ 15943.05.080 Application of RCW 43.05.060 and 43.05.070—Limited................................................................................... 15943.05.090 Department of labor and industries—Consultative visit, report—Compliance inspection citation ..................... 15943.05.100 Departments of agriculture, fish and wildlife, health, licensing, natural resources—

Notice of correction..................................................................................................................................... 16043.05.110 Departments of agriculture, fish and wildlife, health, licensing, natural resources—Penalty ............................. 16043.05.120 Time for compliance—Extension ....................................................................................................................... 16043.05.130 Educational programs.......................................................................................................................................... 16043.05.140 Pilot voluntary audit program ............................................................................................................................. 16043.05.150 Agency immunity—Enforcement authority ........................................................................................................ 16143.05.901 Conflict with federal requirements...................................................................................................................... 16143.05.902 Resolution of conflict with federal requirements—Notification ......................................................................... 16143.05.903 Part headings not law—1995 c 403..................................................................................................................... 16143.05.904 Severability—1995 c 403.................................................................................................................................... 16143.05.905 Findings—Short title—Intent—1995 c 403 ........................................................................................................ 161

Title 51.08 RCWDefinitions

51.08 Definitions51.08.150 "Permanent partial disability" ......

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