BILL REQ. #:  S-0635.1 

Read first time 02/01/2005.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to limiting liability for persons who work with liquefied petroleum gas; 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:
     (1) A person who sells at retail, supplies, handles, or transports liquefied petroleum gas is not liable for civil damages for injury or loss of property caused by:
     (a) The installation, alteration, modification, or repair of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance if the installation, alteration, modification, or repair was done without the knowledge and consent of the person selling, supplying, handling, or transporting liquefied petroleum gas; or
     (b) The use of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance in a manner or for a purpose other than that for which the equipment or appliance was intended and that could not reasonably have been expected.
     (2) A person who follows the applicable procedures and standards established by the national fire protection association in NFPA 54 (national fuel gas code) and NFPA 58 (liquefied petroleum gas code) may not be deemed negligent.