| Passed by the House March 6, 2003 Yeas 91 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 2, 2003 Yeas 49 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1052 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved April 10, 2003. GARY F. LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 10, 2003 - 3:35 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/14/2003. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to protecting persons who provide volunteer emergency services; and adding a new section to chapter 4.24 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 4.24 RCW
to read as follows:
Any person, including but not limited to contractors, builders,
tradespeople, and other providers of construction, remodel, or repair
services, who, without compensation or the expectation of compensation,
renders emergency repairs to any structure at the scene of any
accident, disaster, or emergency that has caused or resulted in damage
to the structure is not liable for civil damages resulting from any act
or omission in the rendering of such emergency repairs, other than acts
or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton
misconduct. Any person rendering emergency repairs during the course
of regular employment and receiving compensation or expecting to
receive compensation for rendering such repairs is excluded from the
protection of this section.
For the purposes of this section, "accident, disaster, or
emergency" includes an earthquake, windstorm, hurricane, landslide,
flood, volcanic eruption, explosion, fire, or any similar occurrence.