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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5280
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/21/93. Referred to Committee
on Labor & Commerce.
Creating a certification program for
contractors.
AN ACT Relating to
certificates of competency for registered contractors; and creating a new
section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec.
1. The director of the
department of labor and industries shall conduct a study to determine whether
there is a need for increased regulation, such as a voluntary certificate of
competency program, of general and specialty contractors registered under
chapter 18.27 RCW. In conducting the study, the director shall consult with
representatives of the following construction classifications:
Commercial/retail construction; highway/industrial construction;
municipal/utility construction; marine construction; residential single-family
construction; and residential multifamily construction. The director shall
also consult with representatives of state and local governmental agencies and
members of the general public who are familiar with the business and trade of
construction.
No later than February
1, 1994, the director shall present findings and recommendations to the
appropriate legislative committees concerning whether contractors should be
subject to increased regulation by the state, such as a voluntary certificate
of competency program.
The study
and recommendations of the director shall be guided by the principle that
increased regulation by the state is appropriate only when: Unregulated
practice can clearly harm or endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the
public, and the potential harm is easily recognizable and not remote or
dependent upon tenuous argument; the public needs and can reasonably be
expected to benefit from an assurance of initial and continuing professional
responsibility; and the public cannot be effectively protected by other means
in a more cost-beneficial manner.
