WSR 17-13-106

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed June 20, 2017, 10:28 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amendments to chapter 296-150I WAC, Manufactured home installer training and certification program.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 43.22A RCW, Mobile and manufactured home installation.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The factory assembled structures (FAS) program is considering amendments to chapter 296-150I WAC, Manufactured home installer training and certification program as a result of HB 1329 (chapter 10, Laws of 2017), which passed the legislature in 2017. The bill replaces the mandatory penalty of $1,000 for each infraction of manufactured home installation requirements with discretionary authority to issue a monetary penalty of no more than $250 for a first infraction and no more than $1,000 for a second or subsequent infraction. Rule making is needed to establish a penalty schedule for infractions for manufactured home installations as required by the bill and to modify the existing rules to comply with the new statutory requirements.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rules and formulation of the proposed rules before publication by contacting the individual listed below. The public can also participate, after amendments are proposed by providing written comments and/or testimony during the public hearing and comment process.

For more information on this rule making, visit the department of labor and industries (L&I) web site at http://www.lni.wa.gov/TradesLicensing/Rules/ByTrade/FAS/default.asp.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Alicia Curry, Management Analyst, L&I, P.O. Box 44400, Olympia, WA 98504-4400, phone (360) 902-6244, fax (360) 902-5292, email Alicia.Curry@Lni.wa.gov.

June 20, 2017

Joel Sacks

Director