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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5813

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin, Warnke and Lee

Read first time 2/9/89 and referred to Committee on  Economic Development & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to mobile homes, commercial coaches, recreational vehicles, and factory built housing and commercial structures; adding a new section to chapter 43.22 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature finds that Washington manufactured housing industries pay for their own inspection costs through inspection fees.  Such inspection fees should only be used for purposes related to that industry, including education and training, and to the extent that such inspection fees exceed the costs incurred for other industry-related purposes they are unfair.

          Consistent with the need to preserve and promote Washington industries, and to eliminate unfair practices which adversely impact Washington industries, a dedicated fund is created by this act for manufactured housing inspection fees to eliminate this existing unfair practice.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 43.22 RCW to read as follows:

          The factory-assembled structures and recreational vehicle account is hereby established in the custody of the state treasurer.  The department shall deposit in the account all money received from inspections and insignia fees for mobile homes, commercial coaches, recreational vehicles, and factory built housing and commercial structures.  Money in the account shall be used only for costs incurred by the department in the administration and enforcement of RCW 43.22.340 through 43.22.490, except that up to twenty-five percent of the money in the account may be used, after approval by the director of labor and industries, for mobile or manufactured housing industry training or education recommended by the factory assembled structures advisory board.  Disbursements from the account shall be on authorization of the director of labor and industries or the director's designee.  The account is subject to the allotment procedure provided under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for disbursements.