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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5375

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senators Warnke, Smitherman and Bluechel

Read first time 1/27/87 and referred to Committee on  Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to mobile homes, commercial coaches, recreational vehicles, and factory built housing and commercial structures; and amending RCW 43.22.480.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 7, chapter 44, Laws of 1970 ex. sess. as last amended by section 2, chapter 76, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 43.22.480 are each amended to read as follows:

          The department shall prescribe and enforce rules and regulations which protect the health, safety, and property of the people of this state by assuring that all factory built housing or factory built commercial structures are structurally sound and that the plumbing, heating, electrical, and other components thereof are reasonably safe.  Such rules and regulations shall be reasonably consistent with recognized and accepted principles of safety and structural soundness and in promulgating such rules and regulations the department shall consider, so far as practicable the standards and specifications contained in:  The uniform building code (1976), published by the international conference of building officials; the uniform plumbing code  (1976), published by the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials; the uniform mechanical code (1976), published by the international conference of building officials and the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials; and the national electrical code (1975), published by the national fire protection association.  Updated issues of these codes and amendments to such codes shall be considered by the department.

          The department shall set a schedule of fees which will cover the costs incurred by the department in the administration and enforcement of RCW 43.22.450 through 43.22.490.

The mobile homes, commercial coaches, recreational vehicles, and factory built housing and commercial structures account is hereby established in the state treasury.  The department of labor and industries shall deposit in the account all moneys  received from inspections and insignia fees for mobile homes, commercial coaches, recreational vehicles, and factory built housing and commercial structures.  Moneys in the account shall be spent only for costs incurred by the department in the administration and enforcement of RCW 43.22.340 through 43.22.490.  Disbursements from the account shall be on authorization of the director of labor and industries  or the director's designee.