5280.SL

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5280

Chapter 346, Laws of 1993

53rd Legislature

1993 Regular Session

CONTRACTORS‑-STUDY ON NEED FOR ADDITIONAL REGULATION

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/93

Passed by the Senate April 20, 1993

YEAS 40 NAYS 7

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 17, 1993

YEAS 63 NAYS 33

CERTIFICATE

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5280 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

BRIAN EBERSOLE

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

Secretary

Approved May 15, 1993

FILED

May 15, 1993 - 10:47 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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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 Senators Hargrove, Erwin, Owen, Sutherland and Jesernig

Read first time 01/21/93. Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.

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.