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HOUSE BILL 2014
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Representatives Chandler, Horn, Jacobsen, Conway and Campbell
Read first time 02/22/93. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to alterations to mobile homes; and amending RCW 43.22.440.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 43.22.440 and 1988 c 239 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The legislature finds that inspections of mobile home installation are not done on a consistent basis. Mobile homes provide housing for many people in the state, and improperly installed mobile homes are a serious health and safety risk. Where possible and practical, mobile homes should be treated the same as any housing inhabited or to be inhabited by persons in this state, including housing built according to the state building code.
(2) In consultation with the factory assembled structures advisory board for mobile homes, the director of labor and industries shall by rule establish uniform standards for the performance and workmanship of installation service, alteration service, wood stove and fireplace installation and alteration service, and warranty service by persons or entities engaged in performing the services within this state for all mobile homes, as defined in RCW 46.04.302. The standards shall conform, where applicable, with statutes, rules, and recommendations established under the federal national mobile home construction and safety standards act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401 et seq.). These rules regarding the installation of and alterations to mobile homes, and installations of and alterations to wood stoves and fireplaces in mobile homes, shall be enforced and fees charged by the counties and cities in the same manner the state building code is enforced under RCW 19.27.050.
(3) In addition to and in conjunction with the remedies provided in this chapter, failure to remedy any breach of the standards and rules so established, upon adequate notice and within a reasonable time, is a violation of the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW and subject to the remedies provided in that chapter.
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