SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 5301

BYSenators Williams, Lee and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Labor and Industries

Updating code specifications for factory built housing.

Senate Committee on Economic Development & Labor

Senate Hearing Date(s):January 30, 1989; February 1, 1989

Majority Report:  Do pass.

      Signed by Senators Lee, Chairman; Matson, Murray, Smitherman, Warnke, Williams.

Senate Staff:Dave Cheal (786-7576)

                  February 23, 1989

AS PASSED SENATE, FEBRUARY 22, 1989

BACKGROUND:

The Department of Labor and Industries has general responsibility for regulating the construction and installation of factory-built housing and commercial structures.  This is done in part through rule-making authority.  The rules relating to safety and structural soundness are patterned to the extent practicable on the Uniform Building Code, the Uniform Plumbing Code, the Uniform Mechanical Code, and the National Electrical Code.

The statute refers to the 1975 and 1976 versions of these codes.

SUMMARY:

References to the 1975 and 1976 codes are removed and replaced with a reference to the codes which will not require a periodic updating.

The Barrier-Free Code, the State Energy Code and the state rules relating to the National Electrical Code, are added to the list of codes the department must consider.

Appropriation:    none

Revenue:    none

Fiscal Note:      none requested

Senate Committee - Testified: No one