HB 1953-S.E - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/14/01)

     Requires that, before December 1, 2001, the state building code council shall, for purposes of alterations of manufactured homes, adopt by rule regulations adopted under the national manufactured housing construction and safety standards act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), and requirements for maintaining the certification label or other label that must be permanently affixed to a manufactured home under federal law.

     Provides that, beginning on the effective date of rules adopted by the state building code council under RCW 19.27.060(8), alterations of installed manufactured or mobile homes are subject to the codes adopted under chapters 19.27 and 19.28 RCW, to be enforced and fees charged by a local building official or by the department of labor and industries under chapter 19.28 RCW, as applicable.

     Declares that, with respect to installed manufactured or mobile homes, RCW 43.22.340 applies only if an alteration of the home is a serious noncompliance with the rules provided for in this section and the use of the home constitutes a hazard to safety, health, or public welfare.