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Wash. Rev. Code § 51.44.150 (2026)

Assessments upon self-insurers for administration costs

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The director shall impose and collect assessments each fiscal year upon all self-insurers in the amount of the estimated costs of administering their portion of this title during such fiscal year. These assessments shall also include the assessments for the ombuds's office provided for in RCW 51.14.390. The time and manner of imposing and collecting assessments due the department shall be set forth in regulations promulgated by the director in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2013 c 23 s 116; 2007 c 281 s 11; 1971 ex.s. c 289 s 59.]

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Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1979–2002 · leading case: WR Enter., Inc. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 147 Wash. 2d 213 (Wash. 2002).
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WR Enter., Inc. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 147 Wash. 2d 213 (Wash. 2002). · cites it 3× “As will be discussed infra, those principles govern the setting of rates in accordance with managing the risk inherent in accident insurance-risk that is just not present in administrative costs.”
WR Enter., Inc. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 53 P.3d 504 (Wash. 2002). · cites it 3× “The only sensible conclusion to draw regarding RCW 51.44.150 is that the Legislature did not intend to permit an employer to escape paying the administrative costs attributable to continuing State fund claims simply by becoming a self-insured employer.”
Crown Zellerbach Corp. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 653 P.2d 626 (Wash. 1982). · cites it 4× “The Court of Appeals, Division Two, certified the following question to this court: In determining administrative expense assessments to be levied against self-insuring employers under RCW 51.44.150 of the workers' compensation act and WAC 296-15-060, may the Department of Labor…”
Johnson v. Tradewell Stores, Inc., 630 P.2d 441 (Wash. 1981). · cites it 2× “If their employers had been covered under the state system, the attorney and witness fees would have been paid by the administrative fund.”
Johnson v. Tradewell Stores, Inc., 600 P.2d 583 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “RCW 51.44.150 provides that self-insurers be assessed for the costs of administrating their portion of Title 51.”
Dep't of Labor & Indus. v. Am. Adventures, Inc., 801 P.2d 1032 (Wash. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 5× “The Department's authority to assess self-insurers for administrative costs derives from RCW 51.44.150, which states in part: The director shall impose and collect assessments each fiscal year upon all self-insurers in the amount of the estimated costs of administering their…”
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