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2013 Senate Bill 5123: Establishing a farm internship program

Provides that qualified small farms in certain counties are eligible to participate in a farm internship pilot project. Qualified small farms may employ up to three farm interns at any time, working under special certificates issued by the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I). Farms seeking to employ interns must submit an application to L&I and execute an agreement with the intern that sets forth specific information including a description of the work to be performed, any wages to be paid, and a description of the farm internship program. The internship program must: provide a curriculum and supervised participation in farm activates designed to teach interns about farming practices; be based on the valid curriculum of an educational or vocational institution; and be reasonably designed to provide the intern with vocational knowledge and skills about farming practices. Upon receiving an application from a small farm, L&I must review the application and issue a certificate within 15 days if the farm meets certain criteria. L&I must adopt a special industrial insurance risk class for farm interns. L&I must monitor and evaluate the pilot project and report back to the Legislature by December 31, 2017.

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