WSR 16-12-013

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 19, 2016, 2:59 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 51-51 WAC, amendment of the 2015 International Residential Code.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 19.27.074.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The state building code council has received a number of requests to clarify requirements and correct technical errors in the code going into effect on July 1, 2016.

Process for Developing New Rule: Stakeholder and subject expert technical advisory groups.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Tim Nogler, Washington State Building Code Council, P.O. Box 41449, Olympia, WA 98504-1449, (360) 407-9280, fax (360) 586-5366, e-mail sbcc@ga.wa.gov [sbcc@des.wa.gov].

May 13, 2016

Steve K. Simpson

Council Chair