CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1486
Chapter 165, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES--DELEGATION TO QUALIFIED INSPECTION AGENCIES
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the House February 7, 2019
  Yeas 96  Nays 0
FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 17, 2019
  Yeas 48  Nays 0
CYRUS HABIB

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1486 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved April 29, 2019 2:12 PM
FILED
April 30, 2019
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

HOUSE BILL 1486

Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Mosbrucker, Gregerson, and Chandler; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Read first time 01/23/19.Referred to Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.
AN ACT Relating to delegation of inspection duties for factory built housing and commercial structures; and amending RCW 43.22.470 and 43.22.450.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 43.22.470 and 1970 ex.s. c 44 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
The department shall have the authority to delegate all or part of its duties of inspection to a local enforcement agency or a qualified inspection agency.
Qualified inspection agencies shall be objective, competent, and independent from the companies responsible for the work being inspected. The qualified inspection agency will disclose to the department any conflict of interest so that objectivity may be confirmed. Qualified inspection agencies shall have adequate equipment to perform the required inspections and shall employ experienced personnel with appropriate certifications and knowledge for the inspections being performed. Certification by the international code council will be recognized as meeting this last requirement.
Sec. 2. RCW 43.22.450 and 2001 c 335 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
Whenever used in RCW 43.22.450 through 43.22.490:
(1) "Department" means the Washington state department of labor and industries;
(2) "Approved" means approved by the department;
(3) "Factory built housing" means any structure designed primarily for human occupancy other than a manufactured or mobile home the structure or any room of which is either entirely or substantially prefabricated or assembled at a place other than a building site;
(4) "Install" means the assembly of factory built housing or factory built commercial structures at a building site;
(5) "Building site" means any tract, parcel or subdivision of land upon which factory built housing or a factory built commercial structure is installed or is to be installed;
(6) "Local enforcement agency" means any agency of the governing body of any city ((or)), county, or state which enforces laws or ordinances governing the construction of buildings;
(7) "Commercial structure" means a structure designed or used for human habitation, or human occupancy for industrial, educational, assembly, professional or commercial purposes;
(8) "Qualified inspection agency" means a nongovernmental entity approved to perform inspections under contract for the department.
Passed by the House February 7, 2019.
Passed by the Senate April 17, 2019.
Approved by the Governor April 29, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 30, 2019.
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