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SENATE BILL 5656
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senators Pelz, Sutherland and Fraser
Read first time 02/08/93. Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.
AN ACT Relating to electrical inspections; and amending RCW 19.28.070.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 19.28.070 and 1986 c 156 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
The director of labor and industries of the state of Washington and the officials of all incorporated cities and towns where electrical inspections are required by local ordinances shall have power and it shall be their duty to enforce the provisions of this chapter in their respective jurisdictions, including proof of licensure and certification. The director of labor and industries shall have power to appoint an electrical inspector, and such assistant inspectors as he or she shall deem necessary to assist him or her in the performance of his or her duties. All electrical inspectors appointed by the director of labor and industries shall have not less than four years experience as journeyman electricians in installing and maintaining electrical equipment, or two years electrical training in a college of electrical engineering of recognized standing and four years continuous practical electrical experience in installation work, or four years of electrical training in a college of electrical engineering of recognized standing and two years continuous practical electrical experience in electrical installation work. Such state inspectors shall be paid such salary as the director of labor and industries shall determine, together with their travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended. The expenses of the director of labor and industries and the salaries and expenses of state inspectors incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be paid entirely out of the electrical license fund, upon vouchers approved by the director of labor and industries.
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