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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2785

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representatives Cole, Smith and Leonard; by request of Department of Labor and Industries

Read first time 1/19/90 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to plumbing; and amending RCW 18.106.010.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 175, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. as last amended by section 1, chapter 124, Laws of 1983 and RCW 18.106.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as hereinafter used in this chapter shall have the following meaning:

          (1) "Advisory board" means the state advisory board of plumbers;

          (2) "Department" means the department of labor and industries;

           (3) "Director" means the director of department of labor and industries;

           (4) "Journeyman plumber" means any person who has  been issued a certificate of competency by the department of labor and industries as provided in this chapter;

          (5) "Specialty plumber" means anyone who has been issued a specialty certificate of competency limited to installation, maintenance, and repair of the plumbing of single family dwellings, duplexes, and apartment buildings which do not exceed three stories;

           (6) "Plumbing" means ((that)) the craft involved in ((installing, altering, repairing and renovating)) installation, alteration, repair, and renovation of the potable water ((systems and liquid waste systems within a building)) distribution and supply piping from the water meter, all plumbing fixtures and drainage systems, including respective joints and connections, devices, receptacles, and appurtenances within the building:  PROVIDED, That installation in a water system of water softening or water treatment equipment shall not be within the meaning of plumbing as used in this chapter.