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HB 242                                                                                            
The Labor & Commerce Committee has considered:                                                      
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 242                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the deposit of certain penalties collected under                            
    the unemployment insurance program; requiring an employing                                      
    unit with a change in ownership, management, or control to notify                               
    the Department of Labor and Workforce Development of the                                        
    ownership change; regarding the unemployment contribution rate                                  
    of an employing unit; and defining 'business' for purposes of                                   
    statutes setting unemployment contribution rates; establishing the                              
    crime of obtaining an unemployment rate by deception; and                                       
    providing for an effective date."                                                               
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 242(L&C)                                                                  
    "An Act requiring an employing unit with a change in ownership,                                 
    management, or control or similar change to notify the                                          
    Department of Labor and Workforce Development of the change;                                    
    relating to the unemployment contribution rate of an employing                                  
    unit; defining 'business' for purposes of statutes setting                                      
    unemployment contribution rates; establishing the crime of                                      

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    obtaining an unemployment rate by deception; and providing for                                  
    an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative Anderson, Chair, with the                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (7):  Crawford, Lynn, Kott, LeDoux, Guttenberg, Rokeberg,                                   
Anderson                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 242(L&C):                                                
                                                                                                    
1.  Zero, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                    
                                                                                                    
HB 242 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.