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                          HOUSE BILL 1596

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Representatives Cairnes, Scott, Sheahan, Radcliff, Reardon and Sullivan

Read first time 01/29/1999.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Clarifying the persons intended to be benefited by the construction statute of repose.

    AN ACT Relating to clarifying the persons intended to be benefited by the construction statute of repose; 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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