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SENATE BILL NO. 5301
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C 134 L 89
State of Washington 51st Legislature 1989 Regular Session
By Senators Williams, Lee and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Labor and Industries
Read first time 1/20/89 and referred to Committee on Economic Development & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to codes for factory built housing; and amending RCW 43.22.480.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 7, chapter 44, Laws of 1970 ex. sess. as last amended by section 2, chapter 76, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 43.22.480 are each amended to read as follows:
The
department shall ((prescribe)) adopt and enforce rules ((and
regulations which)) that protect the health, safety, and property of
the people of this state by assuring that all factory built housing or factory
built commercial structures are structurally sound and that the plumbing,
heating, electrical, and other components thereof are reasonably safe. ((Such))
The rules ((and regulations)) shall be reasonably consistent with
recognized and accepted principles of safety and structural soundness,
and in ((promulgating such)) adopting the rules ((and
regulations)) the department shall consider, so far as practicable,
the standards and specifications contained in((: The uniform building code
(1976), published by the international conference of building officials; the
uniform plumbing code (1976), published by the international association of
plumbing and mechanical officials; the uniform mechanical code (1976),
published by the international conference of building officials and the
international association of plumbing and mechanical officials; and the
national electrical code (1975), published by the national fire protection
association. Updated issues of these codes and amendments to such codes shall
be considered by the department)) the uniform building, plumbing, and
mechanical codes, including the barrier free code and the Washington energy
code as adopted by the state building code council pursuant to chapter 19.27A
RCW, and the national electrical code, including the state rules as adopted
pursuant to chapter 19.28 RCW and published by the national fire protection
association.
The department shall set a schedule of fees which will cover the costs incurred by the department in the administration and enforcement of RCW 43.22.450 through 43.22.490.