6364-S AMH CL CORD 124

SSB 6364 - H COMM AMD  Adopted March 5, 2002

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

     On page 6, line 28, after "home" strike ","

     On page 6, beginning on line 29, after "43.22.440" strike the remainder of the subsection and insert ".  If, after an inspection requested by any party to a sale, including a party financing the sale, the department determines that an alteration may constitute a hazard to life, safety, or health, the department shall so notify the parties in writing within thirty days of completing the inspection and may notify the local official responsible for enforcing the uniform fire code adopted under chapter 19.27 RCW or local health officer, as applicable, within the relevant jurisdiction."

EFFECT:  Provides that the chapter regulating mobile/manufactured homes does not prohibit the sale of an installed, altered home, and deletes existing authority to prohibit the sale of an installed home with an unsafe alteration.  Instead, the Department of Labor and Industries, when requested to inspect an altered home by a party to a sale, must notify the parties in writing within 30 days if it determines that an alteration constitutes a hazard to life, safety, or health.  The department may also notify local fire officials and local health officers of the hazard.