HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1279

BYRepresentatives Inslee, Todd, Nutley and Winsley; by request of Director of Labor and Industries

Updating code specifications for factory built housing.

House Committe on Housing

Majority Report:  Do pass. (8)

      Signed by Representatives Nutley, Chair; Leonard, Vice Chair; Winsley, Ranking Republican Member; Anderson, Ballard, Inslee, Rector and Todd.

House Staff:Kenny Pittman (786-7392)

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSING FEBRUARY 7, 1989

BACKGROUND:

Currently, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) prescribes and enforces rules and regulates the construction of factory built housing and commercial structures.  Factory built housing and commercial structures, unlike mobile or manufactured homes, are built to the construction standards of conventional site-built structures.  L&I's regulation of factory built housing and commercial structures includes the structural, plumbing, heating, electrical, and other components of the structure.

The present construction standards of factory built housing and commercial structures are based on the 1976 editions of the uniform building code, the uniform plumbing code, the uniform mechanical code, and the 1975 edition of the national electrical code.  New editions of the uniform codes are published every three years and the national electrical code is published annually.

SUMMARY:

References to specific editions of the uniform building code, uniform plumbing code, uniform mechanical code, and the national electrical code are removed.

The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is authorized to adopt and enforce rules that guide the construction of factory built housing and commercial structures based on the latest editions of the uniform building code, the uniform plumbing code, the uniform mechanical code, and the national electrical code.  L&I must also consider the state barrier free code, the state energy code, and state rules under the national electrical code when adopting rules for the construction of factory built housing and commercial structures.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    None Presented.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.