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HOUSE BILL 1102
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Kremen, Heavey and Braddock.
Read first time January 18, 1991. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to the sale of electrical equipment; and reenacting and amending RCW 19.28.010.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 19.28.010 and 1986 c 263 s 1 and 1986 c 156 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) All wires and equipment, and installations thereof, that convey electric current and installations of equipment to be operated by electric current, in, on, or about buildings or structures, except for telephone, telegraph, radio, and television wires and equipment, and television antenna installations, signal strength amplifiers, and coaxial installations pertaining thereto shall be in strict conformity with this chapter, the statutes of the state of Washington, and the rules issued by the department, and shall be in conformity with approved methods of construction for safety to life and property. All wires and equipment that fall within section 90.2(b)(5) of the National Electrical Code, 1981 edition, are exempt from the requirements of this chapter. The regulations and articles in the National Electrical Code, as approved by the American Standards Association, and in the national electrical safety code, as approved by the American Standards Association, and other installation and safety regulations approved by the American Standards Association, as modified or supplemented by rules issued by the department in furtherance of safety to life and property under authority hereby granted, shall be prima facie evidence of the approved methods of construction. All materials, devices, appliances, and equipment used in such installations shall be of a type that conforms to applicable standards or be indicated as acceptable by the established standards of the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. or other electrical product testing laboratories which are accredited by the department.
(2)
This chapter shall not limit the authority or power of any city or town to
enact and enforce under authority given by law, any ordinance, rule, or
regulation requiring an equal, higher, or better standard of construction and
an equal, higher, or better standard of materials, devices, appliances, and
equipment than that required by this chapter: PROVIDED, That such city or town
shall require that its electrical inspectors meet the qualifications provided
for state electrical inspectors in accordance with RCW 19.28.070. In a city or
town having an equal, higher, or better standard the installations, materials,
devices, appliances, and equipment shall be in accordance with the ordinance,
rule, or regulation of the city or town. Electrical equipment associated with
spas, hot tubs, and swimming pools((, and hydromassage bathtubs))
shall not be offered for sale or exchange unless the electrical equipment is
certified as being in compliance with the applicable product safety standard by
bearing the certification mark of an approved electrical products testing
laboratory. Hydromassage bathtubs shall not be offered for sale or exchange
unless the complete unit, including both the tub and electrical equipment, is
certified as being in compliance with applicable product safety standards by
bearing the certification mark of an approved electrical products testing
laboratory.
(3) Nothing in this chapter may be construed as permitting the connection of any conductor of any electric circuit with a pipe that is connected with or designed to be connected with a waterworks piping system, without the consent of the person or persons legally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the waterworks piping system.