5584 AMH MORR H2575.1

SB 5584 - H AMD TO TEH COMM AMD (H-2368.3/93)442SCOPE&OBJECT4-18-93

By Representatives Morris, Reams and Ogden

    On page 15, after line 9 of the amendment, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 17.  The legislature finds that the importance of rules regarding residential and nonresidential construction health and safety standards can not be overstated.  However, the adoption and application of these rules should take into consideration the type of construction activity it is intended to regulate.  It is the intent of the legislature to reduce the regulatory cost of housing by requiring that construction health and safety standards adopted by the state, pursuant to RCW 49.17.050(11) and section 19 of this act, take into consideration the practical application of the rules on the residential construction industry.

    Sec. 18.  RCW 49.17.050 and 1973 c 80 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    In the adoption of rules ((and regulations)) under the authority of this chapter, the director shall:

    (1) Provide for the preparation, adoption, amendment, or repeal of rules ((and regulations)) of safety and health standards governing the conditions of employment of general and special application in all work places;

    (2) Provide for the adoption of occupational health and safety standards which are at least as effective as those adopted or recognized by the United States secretary of labor under the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-596; 84 Stat. 1590);

    (3) Provide a method of encouraging employers and employees in their efforts to reduce the number of safety and health hazards at their work places and to stimulate employers and employees to institute new and to perfect existing programs for providing safe and healthful working conditions;

    (4) Provide for the ((promulgation)) adoption of health and safety standards and the control of conditions in all work places concerning gases, vapors, dust, or other airborne particles, toxic materials, or harmful physical agents which shall set a standard which most adequately assures, to the extent feasible, on the basis of the best available evidence, that no employee will suffer material impairment of health or functional capacity even if such employee has regular exposure to the hazard dealt with by such standard for the period of his or her working life; any such standards shall require where appropriate the use of protective devices or equipment and for monitoring or measuring any such gases, vapors, dust, or other airborne particles, toxic materials, or harmful physical agents;

    (5) Provide for appropriate reporting procedures by employers with respect to such information relating to conditions of employment which will assist in achieving the objectives of this chapter;

    (6) Provide for the frequency, method, and manner of the making of inspections of work places without advance notice; ((and,))

    (7) Provide for the publication and dissemination to employers, employees, and labor organizations and the posting where appropriate by employers of informational, education, or training materials calculated to aid and assist in achieving the objectives of this chapter;

    (8) Provide for the establishment of new and the perfection and expansion of existing programs for occupational safety and health education for employers and employees, and, in addition institute methods and procedures for the establishment of a program for voluntary compliance solely through the use of advice and consultation with employers and employees with recommendations including recommendations of methods to abate violations relating to the requirements of this chapter and all applicable safety and health standards and rules ((and regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority of)) adopted under this chapter;

    (9) Provide for the adoption of safety and health standards requiring the use of safeguards in trenches and excavations and around openings of hoistways, hatchways, elevators, stairways, and similar openings;

    (10) Provide for the ((promulgation)) adoption of health and safety standards requiring the use of safeguards for all vats, pans, trimmers, cut off, gang edger, and other saws, planers, presses, formers, cogs, gearing, belting, shafting, coupling, set screws, live rollers, conveyors, mangles in laundries, and machinery of similar description, which can be effectively guarded with due regard to the ordinary use of such machinery and appliances and the danger to employees therefrom, and with which the employees of any such work place may come in contact while in the performance of their duties and prescribe methods, practices, or processes to be followed by employers which will enhance the health and safety of employees in the performance of their duties when in proximity to machinery or appliances mentioned in this subsection;

(11) Provide for the adoption of health and safety standards for residential construction with due regard for the practical application of the standards to the residential construction industry.  For the purposes of this subsection, "residential construction" means the construction of a building intended for use as a separate single-family dwelling.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 19.  A new section is added to chapter 49.17 RCW to read as follows:

    In adopting the standards required under RCW 49.17.050(11), the department shall consult with an advisory committee established by the department on residential construction safety and health standards.  The advisory committee shall consist of nine members:  One member shall represent the department; four members shall represent the residential construction industry, who shall be appointed by the department from a list submitted by the building industry association of Washington; and four members shall represent organized building and construction trades, who shall be appointed by the department from a list submitted by the Washington state labor council.  The department shall adopt initial rules no later than July 1, 1994.  Thereafter, the department may review and revise the rules under its authority under RCW 49.17.040.  The advisory committee shall expire on adoption of the initial rules, unless the committee is continued by the department.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 20.  A new section is added to chapter 43.63A RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The legislature finds that:

    (a) The trend toward smaller household sizes will continue into the foreseeable future;

    (b) Many of these households are in housing units that contain more bedrooms than occupants;

    (c) There are older homeowners on relatively low, fixed income who are experiencing difficulties maintaining their homes; and

    (d) There are single parents, recently widowed persons, people in the midst of divorce or separation, and handicapped that are faced with displacement due to the high cost of housing.

    (2) The legislature declares that the purpose of section 21 of this act is to develop a pilot program designed to:

    (a) Provide home-matching services that can enable people to continue living in their homes while promoting continuity of home ownership and community stability; and

    (b) Counter the problem of displacement among people on relatively low, fixed incomes by linking people offering living space with people seeking housing.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 21.  A new section is added to chapter 43.63A RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The department may develop and administer a home-matching program for the purpose of providing grants and technical assistance to eligible organizations to operate local home-matching programs.  For purposes of this section, "eligible organizations" are those organizations eligible to receive assistance through the Washington housing trust fund, chapter 43.185 RCW.

    (2) The department may select up to five eligible organizations for the purpose of implementing a local home-matching program.  The local home-matching programs are designed to facilitate:  (a) Intergenerational homesharing involving older homeowners sharing homes with younger persons; (b) homesharing arrangements that involve an exchange of services such as cooking, housework, gardening, or babysitting for room and board or some financial consideration such as rent; and (c) the more efficient use of available housing.

    (3) In selecting local pilot programs under this section, the department shall consider:

    (a) The eligible organization's ability, stability, and resources to implement the local home-matching program;

    (b) The eligible organization's efforts to coordinate other support services needed by the individual or family participating in the local home-matching program; and

    (c) Other factors the department deems appropriate.

    (4) The eligible organizations shall establish criteria for participation in the local home-matching program.  The eligible organization shall make a determination of eligibility regarding the individuals' or families' participation in the local home-matching program.  The determination shall include, but is not limited to a verification of the individual's or family's history of making rent payments in a consistent and timely manner."

    Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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