1508-S AMH GOLD H4122.1

SHB 1508 - H AMDS 021 ADOPTED 1-17-96

By Representative Goldsmith

    On page 2, beginning on line 24, strike all of sections 4 and 5 and insert the following:

    "Sec. 4.  RCW 43.22.434 and 1995 c 280 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The director or the director's authorized representative may conduct such inspections and investigations as ((may be)) are necessary to ((promulgate)) adopt or enforce mobile home, commercial coach, recreational vehicle, park trailer, factory built housing, and factory built commercial structure rules adopted under the authority of this chapter or to carry out the director's duties under this chapter.

    (2) For purposes of enforcement of this chapter, persons duly designated by the director upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge may:

    (a) At reasonable times and without advance notice enter any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which mobile homes, commercial coaches, recreational vehicles, park trailers, factory built housing, and factory built commercial structures are manufactured, stored, or held for sale; and

    (b) At reasonable times, within reasonable limits, and in a reasonable manner inspect any factory, warehouse, or establishment as required to comply with the standards adopted by the secretary of housing and urban development under the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974.  Each inspection shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness.

    (3) In carrying out the inspections authorized by this section the director may establish, by rule, and impose on mobile home manufacturers, distributors, and dealers such reasonable fees as ((may be)) are necessary to offset the expenses incurred by the director in conducting the inspections.

(4) All fees collected shall be deposited into the factory assembled structures administration account.

    Sec. 5.  RCW 43.22.480 and 1995 c 289 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The department shall adopt and enforce rules 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.  The rules shall be reasonably consistent with recognized and accepted principles of safety and structural soundness, and in adopting the rules the department shall consider, so far as practicable, the standards and specifications contained in 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.

    (2) 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.  All fees collected shall be deposited into the factory assembled structures administration account.

    (3) The director may adopt rules that provide for approval of a plan that is certified as meeting state requirements or the equivalent by a professional who is licensed or certified in a state whose licensure or certification requirements meet or exceed Washington requirements."

    On page 4, line 16, strike all of section 7 and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 7.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1996."

    Correct the title accordingly.

EFFECT:  Updates the bill to reflect amendments made in 1995.  Deletes the emergency clause and changes the effective date of the bill from July 1, 1995, to July 1, 1996.

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