BILL REQ. #:  S-3547.1 

Read first time 01/14/10.   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

     AN ACT Relating to home inspector licensing requirements; amending RCW 18.280.020; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 18.280.020 and 2008 c 119 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Beginning September 1, 2009, a person shall not engage in or conduct, or advertise or hold himself or herself out as engaging in or conducting, the business of or acting in the capacity of a home inspector within this state without first obtaining a license as provided in this chapter.
     (2) Any person performing the duties of a home inspector on June 12, 2008, has until July 1, 2010, to meet the licensing requirements of this chapter. However, if a person performing the duties of a home inspector on June 12, 2008, has proof that he or she has worked as a home inspector for at least two years and has conducted at least one hundred home inspections, he or she may apply to the board before ((September 1, 2009)) July 1, 2010, for licensure without meeting the instruction and training requirements of this chapter.
     (3) The director may begin issuing licenses under this section beginning on July 1, 2009.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.