SENATE BILL REPORT

                                    SB 6025

                            AS OF JANUARY 10, 1992

Brief Description:  Providing building standards for temporary farm worker housing.

SPONSORS:Senator Barr

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE & WATER RESOURCES

Staff:  John Stuhlmiller (786‑7446)

Hearing Dates:January 14, 1992

BACKGROUND:

The State Building Code is designed to provide a uniform set of performance standards for the construction of structures within the state.  Cities and counties are authorized to amend the State Building Code, but the amendments may not result in a standard that is less than the performance standards adopted by the state.

SUMMARY:

The State Building Code Council may adopt, by rule, construction and thermal performance standards for housing that is occupied solely by farmworkers.  If such standards are adopted, then the local governing body must comply with these construction standards.

If the council does not adopt its own standards, the local governing body may adopt the federal Farmers Home Administration standards for migrant farmworker housing.  If the local government adopts the Farmers Home Administration standards, the State Energy Code standards do not apply.

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested