WSR 19-06-073

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

BUILDING CODE COUNCIL

[Filed March 5, 2019, 1:07 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 51-51 WAC, Adoption and amendment of the 2018 International Residential Code with Washington state amendments.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 19.27.031, 19.27.074.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The council is reviewing the 2018 changes to the national model code, the 2018 International Residential Code, and is soliciting changes to those documents and the existing state amendments.

Process for Developing New Rule: Technical advisory group review.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Richard Brown, P.O. Box 41449, Olympia, WA 98504-1449, phone 360-407-9277, email SBCC@des.wa.gov, web site www.sbcc.wa.gov.

March 1, 2019

Doug Orth

Council Chair