Title 43 — Title 43 STATE GOVERNMENT—EXECUTIVE
178 chapters · 3,474 sections in this title.
RCW 43.21J.040 Environmental enhancement and restoration project proposals—Evaluation—Award of funds.
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(1) Subject to the limitations of *RCW 43.21J.020, the task force shall award funds from the *environmental and forest restoration account on a competitive basis. The task force shall evaluate and rate environmental enhancement and restoration project proposals using the followin…
RCW 43.21J.050 Training or employment.
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(1) Eligibility for training or employment in projects funded through the *environmental and forest restoration account shall, to the extent practicable, be for workers who are currently unemployed.(2) To the greatest extent practicable, the following groups of individuals shall …
RCW 43.21J.060 Unemployment compensation benefits—Training.
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An individual shall be considered to be in training with the approval of the commissioner as defined in RCW 50.20.043, and be eligible for applicable unemployment insurance benefits while participating in and making satisfactory progress in training related to this chapter.[ 1993…
RCW 43.21J.070 Unemployment compensation benefits—Special base year and benefit year.
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For the purpose of providing the protection of the unemployment compensation system to individuals at the conclusion of training or employment obtained as a result of this chapter, a special base year and benefit year are established.(1) Only individuals who have entered training…
RCW 43.21J.800 Joint legislative audit and review committee report.
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On or before June 30, 1998, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall prepare a report to the legislature evaluating the implementation of the environmental restoration jobs act of 1993, chapter 516, Laws of 1993.[ 1996 c 288 s 36; 1993 c 516 s 11.]
RCW 43.21J.900 Short title—1993 c 516.
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This act shall be known as the environmental restoration jobs act of 1993.[ 1993 c 516 s 15.]
RCW 43.21J.901 Section captions and part headings—1993 c 516.
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Section captions and part headings as used in this act constitute no part of the law.[ 1993 c 516 s 16.]
RCW 43.21J.903 Conflict with federal requirements—1993 c 516.
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If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state or the eligibility of employers in this state for federal unemployment tax credits, the conflicting part of this act is her…
RCW 43.21J.904 Effective date—1993 c 516.
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This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1993.[ 1993 c 516 s 20.]
RCW 43.21K.005 Purpose—1997 c 381.
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The purpose of chapter 381, Laws of 1997 is to create a voluntary program authorizing environmental excellence program agreements with persons regulated under the environmental laws of the state of Washington, and to direct agencies of the state of Washington to solicit and suppo…
RCW 43.21K.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "State, regional, or local agency" means an agency, board, department, authority, or commission that administers environmental laws.(2) "Coordinating agency" means the …
RCW 43.21K.020 Agreements—Environmental results.
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An environmental excellence program agreement entered into under this chapter must achieve more effective or efficient environmental results than the results that would be otherwise achieved. The basis for comparison shall be a reasonable estimate of the overall impact of the par…
RCW 43.21K.030 Authority for agreements—Restrictions.
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(1) The director of a state, regional, or local agency may enter into an environmental excellence program agreement with any sponsor, even if one or more of the terms of the environmental excellence program agreement would be inconsistent with an otherwise applicable legal requir…
RCW 43.21K.040 Proposals for agreements.
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(1) A sponsor may propose an environmental excellence program agreement. A trade association or other authorized representative of a sponsor or sponsors may propose a programmatic environmental excellence program agreement for multiple facilities.(2) A sponsor must submit, at a m…
RCW 43.21K.050 Stakeholder participation.
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(1) Stakeholder participation in and support for an environmental excellence program agreement is vital to the integrity of the environmental excellence program agreement and helps to inform the decision whether an environmental excellence program agreement can be approved.(2) A …
RCW 43.21K.060 Terms and conditions of agreements.
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An environmental excellence program agreement must contain the following terms and conditions:(1) An identification of all legal requirements that are superseded or replaced by the environmental excellence program agreement;(2) A description of all legal requirements that are enf…
RCW 43.21K.070 Public comment—Notice—Responsiveness summary—Copy to federal agency.
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(1) The coordinating agency shall provide at least thirty days after notice has been published in a newspaper under subsection (2) of this section for public comment on a proposal to enter into or modify an environmental excellence program agreement. The coordinating agency may p…
RCW 43.21K.080 Effect of agreements on legal requirements and permits—Permit revisions—Programmatic agreements.
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any legal requirement identified under RCW 43.21K.060(1) shall be superseded or replaced in accordance with the terms of the environmental excellence program agreement. Legal requirements contained in a permit that are affected by a…
RCW 43.21K.090 Judicial review.
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(1) A decision by the directors of state, regional, or local agencies to approve a proposed environmental excellence program agreement, or to terminate or modify an approved environmental excellence program agreement, is subject to judicial review in superior court. For purposes …
RCW 43.21K.100 Continued effect of agreements and permits—Modification of affected permit or approval.
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After a termination under *section 11 of this act is final and no longer subject to judicial review, the sponsor has sixty days in which to apply for any permit or approval affected by any terminated portion of the environmental excellence program agreement. An application filed …
RCW 43.21K.110 Enforceable and voluntary commitments—Enforcement actions.
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(1) The legal requirements contained in the environmental excellence program agreement in accordance with RCW 43.21K.060(2) are enforceable commitments of the facility covered by the agreement. Any violation of these legal requirements is subject to penalties and remedies to the …
RCW 43.21K.120 Reduced fee schedule.
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An environmental excellence program agreement may contain a reduced fee schedule with respect to a program applicable to the covered facility or facilities.[ 1997 c 381 s 14.]
RCW 43.21K.130 Rule-making authority.
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Any state, regional, or local agency administering programs under an environmental law may adopt rules or ordinances to implement this chapter. However, it is not necessary that an agency adopt rules or ordinances in order to consider or enter into environmental excellence progra…
RCW 43.21K.140 Advisory committee.
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The director of the department of ecology shall appoint an advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the environmental excellence program agreement program and to make a recommendation to the legislature concerning the continuation, termination, or modification of the pro…
RCW 43.21K.150 Costs of processing proposals—Fees—Voluntary contributions.
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(1) Agencies authorized to enter into environmental excellence program agreements may assess and collect a fee to recover the costs of processing environmental excellence program agreement proposals. The amount of the fee may not exceed the direct and indirect costs of processing…
RCW 43.21K.160 Termination of authority to enter into agreements.
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The authority of a director to enter into a new environmental excellence program agreement program shall be terminated June 30, 2002. Environmental excellence program agreements entered into before June 30, 2002, shall remain in force and effect subject to the provisions of this …
RCW 43.22.005 Deputy directors.
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The director of labor and industries may appoint and deputize two assistant directors to be known as deputy directors. The director shall designate one deputy director who, in case a vacancy occurs in the office of director, shall continue in charge of the department until a dire…
RCW 43.22.010 Divisions of department—Personnel.
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The department of labor and industries shall be organized into divisions that promote efficient and effective performance of the duties the agency is charged by statute to administer.The director may appoint such clerical and other assistants as may be necessary for the general a…
RCW 43.22.020 Supervisor of industrial insurance—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
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The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial insurance, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint and employ such adjusters, medic…
RCW 43.22.030 Powers and duties.
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The director of labor and industries shall:(1) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law with respect to the administration of workers' compensation and medical aid in this state;(2) Have the custody of all property acquired by the state at execution sa…
RCW 43.22.035 Printed materials—Department's duties.
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When an employer initially files a business license application under chapter 19.02 RCW for the purpose, in whole or in part, of registering to pay industrial insurance taxes, the department must send to the employer any printed material the department recommends or requires the …
RCW 43.22.040 Supervisor of industrial safety and health—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
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The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial safety and health, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint and employ such inspecto…
RCW 43.22.050 Powers and duties.
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The director of labor and industries shall:(1) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law in relation to the inspection of factories, mills, workshops, storehouses, warerooms, stores and buildings, and the machinery and apparatus therein contained, and s…
RCW 43.22.051 Rule making restricted.
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For rules adopted after July 27, 1997, the director of the department of labor and industries may not rely solely on a statute's statement of intent or purpose, on the enabling provisions of the statute establishing the agency, or on any combination of those provisions, for statu…
RCW 43.22.052 Five-year formal review process of existing rules.
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The department of labor and industries must establish and perform, within existing funds, a formal review process of its existing rules every five years. The goal of the review is to decrease the numbers of, simplify the process, and decrease the time required for obtaining licen…
RCW 43.22.053 Supervisor of building and construction safety inspection services—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
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The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of building and construction safety inspection services, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint …
RCW 43.22.260 Supervisor of industrial relations—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
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The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial relations, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint an assistant to be known as the …
RCW 43.22.270 Powers and duties.
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The director of labor and industries shall have the power, and it shall be the director's duty:(1) To study and keep in touch with problems of industrial relations and, from time to time, make public reports and recommendations to the legislature;(2) To, with the assistance of th…
RCW 43.22.282 Industrial welfare committee abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
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The industrial welfare committee established by this chapter is abolished. All powers, duties, and functions of the committee are transferred to the director of labor and industries.[ 1982 c 163 s 16.]Notes:Severability—Effective date—1982 c 163: See notes following RCW 2.10.052.
RCW 43.22.290 Reports by employers.
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Every owner, operator, or manager of a factory, workshop, mill, mine, or other establishment where labor is employed, shall make to the department, upon blanks furnished by it, such reports and returns as the department may require, for the purpose of compiling such labor statist…
RCW 43.22.300 Compelling attendance of witnesses and testimony—Penalty.
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(1) The director may issue subpoenas, administer oaths and take testimony in all matters relating to the duties herein required, such testimony to be taken in some suitable place in the vicinity to which testimony is applicable.(2) Witnesses subpoenaed and testifying before any o…
RCW 43.22.310 Access to plants—Penalty for refusal.
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The director or any employee of the department of labor and industries may enter any factory, mill, office, workshop, or public or private works at any time for the purpose of gathering facts and statistics as provided by this chapter, and examine into the methods of protection f…
RCW 43.22.315 Use of social security numbers in correspondence with third parties.
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(1) For the purposes of preventing fraud and protecting personal privacy, the department shall examine its current practices in which it discloses the full social security numbers of persons in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties.(2) If the disclosure of full so…
RCW 43.22.331 Annual report on workers' compensation fraud.
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The department shall annually compile a comprehensive report on workers' compensation fraud in Washington. The report shall include the department's activities related to the prevention, detection, and prosecution of worker, employer, and provider fraud and the cost of such activ…
RCW 43.22.335 Manufactured homes, mobile homes, recreational vehicles—Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.22.340 through 43.22.434, 43.22.442, and 43.22.495.(1) "Conversion vending units" means a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle that has been converted or built for the purpose …
RCW 43.22.340 Manufactured homes, mobile homes, recreational vehicles—Safety rules—Compliance—Penalty.
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(1) The director shall adopt specific rules for conversion vending units and medical units. The rules for conversion vending units and medical units shall be established to protect the occupants from fire; to address other life safety issues; and to ensure that the design and con…
RCW 43.22.350 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Compliance insignia—Fee schedule—Out-of-state sales—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.
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(1) In compliance with any applicable provisions of this chapter, the director of the department of labor and industries shall establish a schedule of fees, whether on the basis of plan approval or inspection, for the issuance of an insigne which indicates that the mobile home, c…
RCW 43.22.355 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Self-certification for recreational vehicles and park trailers—Procedures—Performance audit of quality control programs.
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The director or the director's authorized representative may allow qualifying recreational vehicle and/or park trailer manufacturers to be self-certified as to compliance with the American national standards institute A119.2 standard for recreational vehicles and the American nat…
RCW 43.22.360 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Plans and specifications—Approval—Alterations—Rules.
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(1) Plans and specifications of each model or production prototype of a mobile home, commercial coach, conversion vending units as specified in subsection (2) of this section, medical units, recreational vehicle, and/or park trailer showing body and frame design, construction, pl…
RCW 43.22.370 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Leased, sold, or manufactured in state prior to July 1, 1968—Compliance not required—Exception.
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Any mobile home, commercial coach, conversion vending units, medical units, recreational vehicle, and/or park trailer leased or sold in Washington and manufactured prior to July 1, 1968, which has not been inspected prior to its sale and which does not meet the requirements presc…