Washington Labor Codes 51.04.140

(1) No interest or penalties shall be imposed on any employer because of the failure to pay any premium required by this title to be made to the state treasury for the accident fund, the medical aid fund, the supplemental pension fund, or any other fund created under this title if the employer establishes that:

(a) The failure to pay was caused, in whole or in part, by a year 2000 failure associated with an electronic computing device;

(b) The year 2000 failure being asserted was not proximately caused by a failure of the employer to update an electronic computing device, that is under his or her dominion or control, to be year 2000 compliant; and

(c) If it were not for the year 2000 failure, the employer would have been able to satisfy the payment of premiums in a timely manner.

Payment of such premiums shall be made within thirty days after the year 2000 failure has been corrected or reasonably should have been corrected.

(2)(a) The definitions in RCW 4.22.080 apply to this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(b) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "employer" means a natural person or a small business as defined in RCW 19.85.020.

(3) This section does not affect those transactions upon which a default has occurred before any disruption of financial or data transfer operations attributable to a year 2000 failure.

(4) This section does not apply to any claim or cause of action filed after December 31, 2003.

(5) This section expires December 31, 2006.

[1999 c 369 &#167 4.]