SB 5626 — Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance.

2 SSB 5626 additional methods by which an applicant may prove they are a resident of the state of Washington.

(8) "Week of unemployment" means any week during which ana applicant,claimant, including a self-employed applicant:claimant:

(a) Performs no services and with respect to which no remuneration is payable to the applicant;claimant;

or (b) Performs less than full-time work if the remuneration payable to the applicantclaimant with respect to such week is less than one and one- third times the individual's weekly paymentbenefit amount plus $5.00.

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(1) The Washington wage replacement account is created in the custody of the state treasurer.

Expenditures from the account may be used only for providing paymentsbenefits under this chapter to eligible and qualified applicants,claimants, contracting with community-based organizations to notify individuals who may be eligible for paymentsbenefits under this chapter, administration of the advisory committee of this act, the department's administrative costs, and third-party administrators under this chapter.

NEW(2)(a) SECTION.The department shall select a third-party administrator by July 1, 2026.

Sec.At a minimum, the third-party administrator must have experience building and operating financial benefit systems that are proven to be accessible and responsive to the target population and demonstrated mechanisms to prevent disclosure of confidential or private information.

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(1) By July 1, 2026, the department shall select a third-party administrator to administer and implement the wage replacement program under this chapter.

(2) At a minimum, the third-party administrator must have experience building and operating financial benefit systems that are proven to be accessible and responsive to the target population and demonstrated mechanisms to prevent disclosure of confidential or private information.

(3) Each quarter, to the extent allowed by the United States department of labor, employment and training administration, the department shall allocate the money in the wage replacement account in section 2 of this act to one or more third-party administrators p.

34 SSBSB 5626 (b) Each quarter, to the extent allowed by the United States department of labor, employment and training administration, the department shall allocate the money in the wage replacement account to one or more third-party administrators for the purpose of providing paymentsbenefits to eligible and qualified applicantsclaimants and for contracting with community-based organizations to notify individuals who may be eligible for this program.

(4)(c) The third-party administrator selected underpursuant to (a) of this sectionsubsection shall, within one year after the contract is awarded after the effective date of this section:

(a)(i) Contract with one or more community-based organizations to provide outreach to unemployed individuals who may be eligible for paymentsbenefits under this chapter;

(b)(ii) Screen each applicant for benefits to determine if the applicant is an eligible forindividual; payments;

(c)(iii) MakePay paymentsbenefits to eligible applicants;individuals;

and (d)(iv) Establish internalan administrativeappeal processesprocess for receivingbenefit and reviewing applications, making payments, and processing appeals regarding payment denials, suspensions, or terminations.

(3) The advisory committee must provide comment on implementation of this chapter, utilization of thebenefits program under this chapter, selection and performance of the third-party administrator, and study issuesp. the advisory committee determines to require its consideration.

(4)5 TheSB members5626 mustissues servethe withoutadvisory compensationcommittee butdetermines areto eligiblerequire forits reimbursementconsideration. of travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and p.

4(4) SSBThe 5626members must serve without compensation but are eligible for reimbursement of travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, and for stipends provided by the department under RCW 43.03.220.

All expenses of the advisory committee must be paid by the Washington wage replacement account created in section 23 of this act.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2027, a personclaimant may apply for paymentsbenefits under this chapter bywith filingrespect anto applicationany week of unemployment in the claimant's benefit year if the claimant provides the department with sufficient evidence that the third-partyclaimant administrator.is ineligible for benefits under Title 50 RCW.

To(2) beThe eligibleclaimant formust paymentsmeet the eligibility and qualification requirements under thissections chapter,6 theand applicant7 must:of this act.

(a)NEW BeSECTION. ineligible for benefits under Title 50 RCW based solely on not being authorized to work in the United States at the time the work was performed or during the week for which the applicant is seeking payments under this chapter;

(b) Be a resident of the state of Washington and have sufficient photographic identification confirming their identity;

(c) Have worked 680 hours in employment in their base year;

(d) Be unemployed through no fault of their own;

and (e) Have been unemployed for a waiting period of one week.

(2) The third-party administrator shall request information and documentation for verifying eligibility under this section.

The third-party administrator may request additional information and documentation if the applicant's hours or wages are not verified by employer reports provided by the applicant to the third-party administrator.

If, after the third-party administrator's request, the applicant fails to provide sufficient information or documentation, the applicant may be denied payments under this chapter.

(3) The third-party administrator may contract with a community- based organization to assist applicants in gathering information or documentation required under this section.

The community-based organization may not communicate with employers regarding applicant eligibility.

(4) The third-party administrator must make the final decision on whether the applicant is eligible for payments under this chapter.

The third-party administrator may utilize information or documentation provided by the applicant or any third-party, community-based organization contracted under this section.

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5 SSB 5626 NEW SECTION.

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(a)(2) The applicantclaimant must befile activelyan seekingapplication workfor inbenefits anyunder trade,this occupation,chapter profession,with orthe businessthird-party foradministrator, which theincludes applicantinformation isor reasonablydocumentation fitted;verifying the claimant:

and(a) (b)Is Thea applicantresident mustof reportthe tostate theof third-partyWashington administratorand anyhas wagessufficient orphotographic remunerationidentification theconfirming applicanttheir received.identity;

(2)(b) ForWorked 680 hours in employment in the purposesclaimant's ofbase thisyear section,or "activelyearned seekingwages work"during meansthe participatingclaimant's base year equal to 680 times the minimum wage set by RCW 49.46.020 in jobeffect search,during educational,the orfirst professionalquarter developmentof activities.the claimant's base year;

(3)(c) TheIs third-partyunemployed administratorthrough mayno takefault reasonableof stepstheir toown; confirm the applicant's job search, educational, or professional development activities, and current unemployment status.

and (d) Has been unemployed for a waiting period of one week.

(3) If the claimant's wages are not verified by employer reports provided by the claimant to the third-party administrator under subsection (2)(b) of this section, the third-party administrator must request additional information or documentation from the claimant verifying the claimant earned wages during the claimant's base year equal to 680 times the minimum wage set by RCW 49.46.020 in effect p.

6 SB 5626 during the first quarter of the claimant's base year.

If, after the third-party administrator's request, the claimant fails to provide sufficient information or documentation, the claimant may be denied benefits under this chapter.

(4) The third-party administrator may contract with a community- based organization to assist claimants in gathering information or documentation required under this section.

Such assistance shall not include communication with employers regarding applicant eligibility.

(5) The third-party administrator must make the final decision on whether the claimant is eligible for benefits under this chapter.

The third-party administrator may utilize information or documentation provided by the claimant or any third-party, community-based organization contracted under this section.

(1) AnIf applicantthe whothird-party isadministrator eligibledetermines andthe qualifiedclaimant is eligible for paymentsbenefits under this chapterchapter, mustthe receiveclaimant amay weeklyqualify paymentfor amount equal to the weekly benefitbenefits amountby calculatedself-attesting inthat accordancethe withclaimant RCWmeets 50.20.120 by the third-partyfollowing administrator,requirements subjectfor toeach theweek availability of fundsunemployment forin thiswhich purposethe andclaimant otheris conditionsapplying establishedfor benefits under this chapter.chapter:

(2)(a) PaymentsThe areclaimant payablemust tobe anactively eligibleseeking andwork qualified applicant during the applicant's payment year in aany maximumtrade, amountoccupation, equalprofession, toor thebusiness lesserfor ofwhich 26 times the weeklyclaimant paymentis amount,reasonably asfitted; determined under subsection (1) of this section, or one-third of the applicant's base year wages.

and (b) The claimant must report to the third-party administrator any wages or remuneration the claimant received.

(2) For the purposes of this section, "actively seeking work" means participating in job search, educational, or professional development activities.

(3) The third-party administrator may take reasonable steps to confirm the claimant's job search, educational, or professional development activities, and current unemployment status.

If(1) waitingA periodclaimant creditwho oris theeligible paymentand ofqualified amountsfor benefits under this chapter aremust deniedreceive toa anyweekly applicantbenefit foramount anyequal weekto or weeks, the applicantweekly mustbenefit beamount promptlycalculated issuedin writtenRCW notice50.20.120 of the denial and reasons for such denial by the third-party administrator.

(2) Benefits must be payable to any eligible and qualified claimant during the claimant's benefit year in a maximum amount equal to the lesser of 26 times the weekly benefit amount, as determined p.

7 SB 5626 under subsection (1) of this section, or one-third of the claimant's base year wages under this chapter.

(1)If Anwaiting applicantperiod iscredit disqualifiedor forthe paymentspayment of benefits under this chapter:chapter are denied to any claimant for any week or weeks, the claimant must be promptly issued written notice of the denial and reasons for such denial by the third-party administrator.

(a)NEW IfSECTION. the third-party administrator finds that the applicant:

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610. SSB 5626 (i) Left the applicant's most recent work voluntarily without good cause, for which the third-party administrator may rely on the permitted good cause circumstances under RCW 50.20.050(2);

(ii)(1) WasA dischargedclaimant foris misconductdisqualified orfor grossbenefits misconductunder connectedthis withchapter: the applicant's most recent work;

or(a) (iii)If Knowinglythe madethird-party aadministrator falsefinds statementthat or representation involving a materialclaimant: fact or knowingly failed to report a material fact and, as a result, has obtained or attempted to obtain any payments under this chapter;

or(i) (b)Left Forthe anyclaimant's weekmost anrecent applicantwork hasvoluntarily received,without isgood receiving,cause; or will receive compensation, under:

(ii) Was discharged for misconduct or gross misconduct connected with the claimant's most recent work;

or (iii) Knowingly made a false statement or representation involving a material fact or knowingly failed to report a material fact and, as a result, has obtained or attempted to obtain any benefits under this chapter;

or (b) For any week a claimant has received, is receiving, or will receive compensation, under:

(2) Cessation of operations by an employer for the purpose of granting vacations, whether by union contract or other reasons, must not be construed to be a voluntary quit or a voluntary unemployment on the part of the applicant.claimant.

(3) For purposes of determining good cause, the third-party administrator may consider the reason provided in this title.

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Payments(1) Benefits are due and payable under this chapter may only beto distributedthe toextent anprovided eligiblein applicantthis ifchapter moneysand areto availablethe forextent thisthat purposemoneys are available in the funds distributed to the third-party administrator from the Washington wage replacement account created in section 23 of this act.

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8 SB 5626 (2) The third-party administrator nor the department nor the state are liable for any amount exceeding such sums.

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p.NEW SECTION.

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12.13.

Any information or records concerning ana applicantclaimant or employing unit obtained by the department or the third- party administrator pursuant to the administration of this chapter must be private and confidential, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

or (3) Disclosed in a manner that could not be used to determine the identities of the applicantsclaimants or employers to whom the data pertains, alone or in combination with other data.

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(a) Soliciting from the applicant,claimant, orally or in written form, ana applicant'sclaimant's nationality, race, ethnicity, or place of birth;birth, citizenship, or immigration status;

(b) Indicating in its records which documents the applicantclaimant used to prove the applicant'sclaimant's age or identity;

(c) Compelling an applicant to admit in writing whether the applicant has proof of lawful presence in the United States or to explain why the applicant is ineligible for a social security number;

(d) Contacting an applicant's current, former, or prospective employers, including, but not limited to, for the purposes of verifying employment status for the program;

and (e) Soliciting or otherwise attempting to ascertain an applicant's immigration or citizenship status, except as necessary for the third-party administrator to determine whether an applicant is excluded from benefits under Title 50 RCW and eligible for payments under this chapter.

(2) The third-party administrator must destroy all records containing information that were provided by an applicant or collected by the department to verify eligibility for the program within 15 days of an applicant no longer using the program.

89 SSBSB 5626 (3)(c) AsCompelling provideda inclaimant RCWto 42.56.410,admit anyin informationwriting underwhether thisthe chapterclaimant ishas notproof aof publiclawful recordpresence andin mustthe notUnited beStates disclosed or otherwiseto madeexplain accessiblewhy inthe responseclaimant tois anyineligible request for recordsa except:social security number;

(d) Contacting a claimant's current, former, or prospective employers including, but not limited to, for the purposes of verifying employment status;

and (e) Attempting to ascertain a claimant's immigration or citizenship status, except to determine whether a claimant is excluded from benefits under chapters 50.01 through 50.36 RCW and potentially eligible for benefits under this chapter.

(2) The third-party administrator must destroy all records containing information that were provided by a claimant or collected by the department to verify eligibility for the program within 15 days of a claimant no longer using the program.

(3) As provided in RCW 42.56.410, any information under this chapter is not a public record and must not be disclosed or otherwise made accessible in response to any request for records except:

or (c) If disclosed in a manner that could not be used to determine the identities of the applicantclaimants or employers to whom the data pertains, alone or in combination with other data.

(5) Notwithstanding any other law, information and records containing information that are collected or obtained by the state, any state agency, or any subdivision of the state, including agents of the state universities and community colleges, in addition to any private persons contracted to administer public services or programs, must only be collected, used, and retained for the purpose of assessingp. eligibility for and providing those public services and programs created by this chapter.

(6)10 NoSB information5626 collectedassessing undereligibility this chapter may be used for purposesand ofproviding investigating,those locating,public orservices apprehendingand applicantsprograms forcreated immigration-relatedby violationsthis including,chapter. but not exclusive to, queries or inquiries under 8 U.S.C.

(6) No information collected under this chapter may be used for purposes of investigating, locating, or apprehending claimants for immigration-related violations including, but not exclusive to, queries or inquiries under 8 U.S.C.

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The third-party administrator must create a process by which applicantsclaimants can notify the administrator of payment errors and for collection and forgiveness of such overpayments.

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Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to paymentsbenefits under this chapter which are or may become due or payable under this chapter must be void.

Such rights to paymentsbenefits under this chapter must be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, p.or any other remedy whatsoever provided for the collection of debts.

9Benefits SSBunder 5626this orchapter received by any individual, so long as they are not commingled with other funds of the recipient, must be exempt from any remedy whatsoever providedfor collection of all debts except debts incurred for necessaries furnished to such individual or their spouse or dependents during the collectiontime ofwhen debts.such individual was unemployed.

Payments under this chapter received by any individual, so long as they are not commingled with other funds of the recipient, must be exempt from any remedy whatsoever for collection of all debts except debts incurred for necessaries furnished to such individual or their spouse or dependents during the time when such individual was unemployed.

Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute their rights to paymentsbenefits or any other rights under this chapter must be void.

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17.18.

(1)The Nothinglegislature inreserves thisthe titleright mayto beamend construedor torepeal create:all or any part of this chapter at any time;

(a) Any entitlement or right to services or payments;

or (b) A private right of action or claim on the part of any individual or applicant against the department or the third-party administrator.

(2) The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time;

All the rights, privilegesprivileges, or immunities conferred by this chapter or by acts done pursuant thereto must exist subject to the power of the legislature to amend or repeal this chapter at any time.

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Thep. following information related to employment security is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:

11 SB 5626 The following information related to employment security is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:

and (3) Any information or records maintained by the employment security department or third-party administrator pursuant to chapter p.50.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 23 of this act) except:

10 SSB 5626 50C.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 22 of this act) except:

or (c) If disclosed in a manner that could not be used to determine the identities of the applicantsclaimants or employers to whom the data pertains, alone or in combination with other data.

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(ii)p. Each employer in the array shall be assigned to one of forty rate classes according to his or her benefit ratio as follows, and, except as provided in RCW 50.29.026, the array calculation factor rate for each employer in the array shall be the rate specified in the rate class to which the employer has been assigned:

Benefit12 RatioSB Rate5626 Rate(ii) ClassEach (percent)employer Atin leastthe Lessarray thanshall 0.000001be 1assigned 0.00to 0.000001one 0.001250of 2forty 0.11rate p.classes according to his or her benefit ratio as follows, and, except as provided in RCW 50.29.026, the array calculation factor rate for each employer in the array shall be the rate specified in the rate class to which the employer has been assigned:

11Benefit SSBRatio 5626Rate Rate Class (percent) At least Less than 0.000001 1 0.00 0.000001 0.001250 2 0.11 0.001250 0.002500 3 0.22 0.002500 0.003750 4 0.33 0.003750 0.005000 5 0.43 0.005000 0.006250 6 0.54 0.006250 0.007500 7 0.65 0.007500 0.008750 8 0.76 0.008750 0.010000 9 0.88 0.010000 0.011250 10 1.01 0.011250 0.012500 11 1.14 0.012500 0.013750 12 1.28 0.013750 0.015000 13 1.41 0.015000 0.016250 14 1.54 0.016250 0.017500 15 1.67 0.017500 0.018750 16 1.80 0.018750 0.020000 17 1.94 0.020000 0.021250 18 2.07 0.021250 0.022500 19 2.20 0.022500 0.023750 20 2.38 0.023750 0.025000 21 2.50 0.025000 0.026250 22 2.63 0.026250 0.027500 23 2.75 0.027500 0.028750 24 2.88 0.028750 0.030000 25 3.00 0.030000 0.031250 26 3.13 0.031250 0.032500 27 3.25 0.032500 0.033750 28 3.38 0.033750 0.035000 29 3.50 0.035000 0.036250 30 3.63 0.036250 0.037500 31 3.75 0.037500 0.040000 32 4.00 0.040000 0.042500 33 4.25 0.042500 0.045000 34 4.50 p.

1213 SSBSB 5626 0.030000 0.031250 26 3.13 0.031250 0.032500 27 3.25 0.032500 0.033750 28 3.38 0.033750 0.035000 29 3.50 0.035000 0.036250 30 3.63 0.036250 0.037500 31 3.75 0.037500 0.040000 32 4.00 0.040000 0.042500 33 4.25 0.042500 0.045000 34 4.50 0.045000 0.047500 35 4.75 0.047500 0.050000 36 5.00 0.050000 0.052500 37 5.15 0.052500 0.055000 38 5.25 0.055000 0.057500 39 5.30 0.057500 40 5.40 (b) The graduated social cost factor rate shall be determined as follows:

However, the calculation under this subsection (1)(b)(i)(B) for a rate year may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than four-tenths lower than the calculationp. under (b)(i)(A) of this subsection for that rate year.

For14 rateSB year5626 2011 and thereafter, the calculation mayunder not(b)(i)(A) resultof inthis asubsection flat social cost factor that is more than one and twenty-two one- hundredths percent except for rate year 2021 the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than five-tenths percent, for rate yearyear. 2022 the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than five-tenths percent, for rate year 2023 the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than seven-tenths percent, for rate year 2024 the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than eighty-five one-hundredths percent, and for rate year 2025 the p.

13For SSBrate 5626year 2011 and thereafter, the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than one and twenty-two one- hundredths percent except for rate year 2021 the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than five-tenths percent, for rate year 2022 the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than five-tenths percent, for rate year 2023 the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than seven-tenths percent, for rate year 2024 the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than eighty-five one-hundredths percent, and for rate year 2025 the calculation may not result in a flat social cost factor that is more than nine-tenths percent.

or (III)p. At least twelve months but less than thirteen months of unemployment benefits, the minimum shall be four-tenths of one percent;

15 SB 5626 (III) At least twelve months but less than thirteen months of unemployment benefits, the minimum shall be four-tenths of one percent;

or p.(VII) At least eighteen months of unemployment benefits, the minimum shall be fifteen hundredths of one percent through rate year 2011 and shall be zero thereafter.

14 SSB 5626 (VII) At least eighteen months of unemployment benefits, the minimum shall be fifteen hundredths of one percent through rate year 2011 and shall be zero thereafter.

(Q)p. Rate class 17 - 104 percent;

16 SB 5626 (Q) Rate class 17 - 104 percent;

p.(A) "Total social cost" means the amount calculated by subtracting the array calculation factor contributions paid by all employers with respect to the four consecutive calendar quarters immediately preceding the computation date and paid to the employment security department by the cut-off date from the total unemployment benefits paid to claimants in the same four consecutive calendar quarters.

15 SSB 5626 (A) "Total social cost" means the amount calculated by subtracting the array calculation factor contributions paid by all employers with respect to the four consecutive calendar quarters immediately preceding the computation date and paid to the employment security department by the cut-off date from the total unemployment benefits paid to claimants in the same four consecutive calendar quarters.

(C) For an employer who enters an approved agency-deferred payment contract after September 30th of the previous rate year, but within thirty days of the date the department sent its first tax rate notice, the array calculation factor rate shall be the rate it would havep. been had the employer not been delinquent in payment plus an additional one-half of one percent or, if the employer is delinquent in payment for a second or more consecutive year, an additional one and one-half percent;

17 SB 5626 have been had the employer not been delinquent in payment plus an additional one-half of one percent or, if the employer is delinquent in payment for a second or more consecutive year, an additional one and one-half percent;

and p.(ii) The social cost factor rate shall be the social cost factor rate assigned to rate class 40 under (b)(ii) of this subsection.

16 SSB 5626 (ii) The social cost factor rate shall be the social cost factor rate assigned to rate class 40 under (b)(ii) of this subsection.

The division shall be carried to the second decimal place with the remaining fraction disregarded unless it amounts to five one-hundredthsone -hundredths or more, in which case the second decimal place shall be rounded to the next higher digit.

History History Ratio Factor (percent) At leastLess than (A) .95 90 (B) .95 1.05 100 (C) 1.05 115 (2) Assignment of employers by the commissioner to industrial classification, for purposes of this section, shall be in accordance with established classification practices found in the North American industry classification system code.

1718 SSBSB 5626 Sec.History History Ratio Factor (percent) At leastLess than (A) .95 90 (B) .95 1.05 100 (C) 1.05 115 (2) Assignment of employers by the commissioner to industrial classification, for purposes of this section, shall be in accordance with established classification practices found in the North American industry classification system code.

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(a) For rate years 2026 and 2027, the rate shall be one one- hundredths of one percent;

(b) For rate years beginning in 2028 and thereafter, the commissioner shall determine the wage replacement program surcharge at the lowest rate necessary to provide revenue during the applicable rate year that will fund administration and payments of the program in chapter 50C.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 22 of this act);

however, the total combined rate of (b) of this subsection (2) and the rate provided in RCW 50.24.014(1)(a) may not exceed eight one-hundredths of one percent;

(c) Funds collected under this subsection (2) must be deposited into the Washington wage replacement account created in section 2 of this act.

1819 SSBSB 5626 Sec.(a) For rate years 2026 and 2027, the rate shall be one one- hundredths of one percent;

21.(b) For rate years beginning in 2028 and thereafter, the commissioner shall determine the wage replacement program surcharge at the lowest rate necessary to provide revenue during the applicable rate year that will fund administration and benefits of the program provided in sections 1 through 18 of this act;

however, the total combined rate of (b) of this subsection (2) and the rate provided in RCW 50.24.014(1)(a) may not exceed eight one-hundredths of one percent;

(c) Funds collected under this subsection (2) must be deposited into the Washington wage replacement account created under section 3 of this act.

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Contributions to this account shall accrue and become payable by each employer, except employers as described in RCW 50.44.010 and 50.44.030 who have properly elected to make payments in lieu of contributions, taxable local government employers as described in RCW 50.44.035, those employers who are required to make payments in lieu ofp. contributions, those employers described under RCW 50.29.025(1)(d), and those qualified employers assigned rate class 20 or rate class 40, as applicable, under RCW 50.29.025, at a basic rate of one one-hundredth of one percent.

20 SB 5626 of contributions, those employers described under RCW 50.29.025(1)(d), and those qualified employers assigned rate class 20 or rate class 40, as applicable, under RCW 50.29.025, at a basic rate of one one-hundredth of one percent.

p.(b) In the payment of any contributions under this section, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent.

19 SSB 5626 (b) In the payment of any contributions under this section, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent.

22.23.

Sections 1 through 1718 of this act constitute a new chapter in a new title to be codified as Title 50C50 RCW.

23.24.

Rules adopted under this act must meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receiptp. of federal funds by the state or the granting of federal unemployment tax credits to employers in this state.

21 SB 5626 receipt of federal funds by the state or the granting of federal unemployment tax credits to employers in this state.

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