H-4027.1 _______________________________________________
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2436
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By House Committee on Energy & Utilities (originally sponsored by Representative Zellinsky)
Read first time 02/04/94.
AN ACT Relating to radon testing in residential structures; and amending RCW 19.27.192.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 19.27.192 and 1992 c 132 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Beginning July 1,
1992, at the time of final inspection of a new single-family residence or each
ground floor unit in a multifamily residential building, the building inspector
shall deliver to each residence and each ground floor unit a ((three-month
etched track radon measurement device that is listed on a current federal
environmental protection agency radon measurement proficiency list. Postage to
the testing facility and the cost of testing and notification to the homeowner
shall be included with the device. The device, the instructions included with
the device, and the instructions provided by the state building code council
pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall be placed in a conspicuous
location)) preaddressed postage-prepaid postcard offering a free radon
measurement device meeting the standards set forth in subsection (2) of this
section. In addition, if the federal environmental protection agency has
published informational materials for homeowners concerning the risks
associated with radon, a copy of the materials shall also be left for the owner
or occupant. The ((device)) card shall be provided to the
building inspector by the local government.
(2) The radon measurement device offered by a local government pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be a three-month etched track radon measurement device that is listed on a current federal environmental protection agency radon measurement proficiency list. Postage to the testing facility, the cost of testing and notification to the homeowner or occupant, the instructions included with the device and the instructions provided by the state building code council pursuant to subsection (3) of this section shall be included with the device.
(3) Not later than June 15, 1992, in consultation with the department of health and the Washington state association of building code officials, the state building code council shall:
(a) Develop instructions for use by the owner or occupant on the proper means of installation, maintenance and removal of the radon measurement device provided for in subsection (1) of this section and distribute the instructions to all affected county and city building departments; and
(b) Distribute to all affected county and city building departments the current federal environmental protection agency radon measurement proficiency list and known sources for the devices and the current federal environmental protection agency radon information materials for homeowners, if any.
(((3))) (4)
The owner or occupant of a new single-family residence or of a ground-floor
unit in a multifamily residential building shall be responsible for
returning the radon measurement device request card left by a building
inspector pursuant to this section ((to the appropriate testing laboratory
in accordance with the instructions left with the device by the building
inspector)).
(((4))) (5)
The building inspector's approval of the final inspection on the final
inspection record card shall be prima facie evidence that the building
inspector left the radon measurement device ((and instructions)) request
card as required by this section.
(((5))) (6)
The building inspector responsible for the final inspection, the building
inspector's employer, and the county or city within which a single-family
residence or multifamily residential building is located shall not be liable
for injuries caused by:
(a) The failure of the occupant or owner of the residence or building to request, properly install, monitor, or send a radon measurement device to the testing laboratory; or
(b) Radon entering into any single-family residence or multifamily residential building.
(((6)))
(7) This section shall expire June 30, 1995.
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