2647-S AMH REAR H4751.1
SHB 2647 - H AMD 448 ADOPTED 2-15-00
By Representatives Reardon and Clements
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 49.17 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The director shall adopt rules that take effect no later than July 1, 2000, revising the signs, signals, and barricades standards governing flaggers used in traffic control operations. The rules must be designed to improve options available to ensure the safety of the traffic control operations.
(2) The director may take the necessary steps to ensure that the rules required by subsection (1) of this section take effect no later than July 1, 2000. In developing the rules, the department must consult with the Washington state department of transportation and other persons with an interest in improving the safety of traffic control operations.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The director of the department of labor and industries must report, by September 15, 2000, to the senate labor and workforce development committee and the house commerce and labor committee on the rules adopted under section 1 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Section 1 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. This act shall be known and cited as the "Kim Vendl Worker Safety Act.""
Correct the title.
EFFECT: The amendment (1) deletes the requirement that flaggers be provided with devices that show a view of the area behind the flagger; (2) directs the Department of Labor and Industries to adopt, in consultation with the Washington State Department of Transportation and other interested parties, rules designed to improve options available to ensure the safety of traffic control operations; and (3) deletes the explicit exemption from the rule-making requirements for significant legislative rules.
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