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HOUSE BILL 2436
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Representative Zellinsky
Read first time 01/14/94. Referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.
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)) the property owner a preaddressed postcard to be
returned to the jurisdiction at the discretion of the property owner. The
property owner may indicate, on the card, his or her desire to have a
three-month etched-track radon measurement device supplied to him or her at no
charge. The ((device)) card shall be provided to the
building inspector by the local government.
(2) 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 property 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.
(3) The property
owner of a new single-family residence or of 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) 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 request card and instructions as required by this section.
(5) 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) This section shall expire June 30, 1995.
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