CSHB 289(FSH)-EMPLOYMENT TAX EXEMPTION: SPILL RESPONSE                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
1:46:39 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR ELLIS announced CSHB 289(FSH) to be up for consideration.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SEATON,  sponsor of  HB  289,  said this  measure                                                               
deals   with  exempts   fishing  vessel   owners  and   crew  who                                                               
participate from having to pay  unemployment taxes while they are                                                               
performing oil spill response duties.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:47:40 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR BUNDE moved  to report CSHB 289(FSH)  from committee with                                                               
individual recommendations and attached  fiscal notes. There were                                                               
no objections and it was so ordered.