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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1375

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representative Kremen

Read first time 1/23/89 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to the sale of electrical equipment; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     Electrical equipment associated with spas, hot tubs, and swimming pools shall not be offered for sale or exchange unless the electrical equipment is certified as being in compliance with the applicable product safety standard by bearing the certification mark of an approved electrical products testing laboratory.  Hydromassage bathtubs shall not be offered for sale or exchange unless the complete unit, tub and electrical equipment, is certified as being in compliance with applicable product safety standards by bearing the certification mark of an approved electrical products testing laboratory.