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                         SENATE BILL 5910

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators West, Haugen, McCaslin, Anderson and Long

Read first time 02/19/97.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Clarifying the construction statute of repose's beneficiaries.

    AN ACT Relating to clarifying that the construction statute of repose's beneficiaries specifically include persons that must be registered under RCW 18.27.020 or licensed under RCW 19.28.120; and amending RCW 4.16.300.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 4.16.300 and 1986 c 305 s 703 are each amended to read as follows:

    RCW 4.16.300 through 4.16.320 shall apply to all claims or causes of action of any kind against any person, arising from such person having constructed, altered or repaired any improvement upon real property, or having performed or furnished any design, planning, surveying, architectural or construction or engineering services, or supervision or observation of construction, or administration of construction contracts for any construction, alteration or repair of any improvement upon real property.  This section is intended to benefit only those persons referenced ((herein)) in this section, specifically including persons having performed work for which the persons must be registered or licensed under RCW 18.08.310, 18.27.020, 18.43.040, 18.96.020, or 19.28.120, and shall not apply to claims or causes of action against ((manufacturers)) persons not referenced in this section.

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