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                         SENATE BILL 5773

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen, Rasmussen, Strannigan and Horn

Read first time 02/12/97.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

Modifying electrical inspections within county road rights of way.

    AN ACT Relating to electrical inspections within county road rights of way; and amending RCW 19.28.360.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 19.28.360 and 1986 c 156 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:

    The provisions of RCW 19.28.210 shall not apply:

    (1) Within the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town which has heretofore adopted and enforced or subsequently adopts and enforces an ordinance requiring an equal, higher or better standard of construction and of materials, devices, appliances and equipment than is required by this chapter.

    (2) Within the service area of an electricity supply agency owned and operated by a city or town which is supplying electricity and enforcing a standard of construction and materials outside its corporate limits at the time this act takes effect:  PROVIDED, That such city, town or agency shall henceforth enforce by inspection within its service area outside its corporate limits the same standards of construction and of materials, devices, appliances and equipment as is enforced by the department of labor and industries under the authority of this chapter:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That fees charged henceforth in connection with such enforcement shall not exceed those established in RCW 19.28.210.

    (3) Within the rights of way of state highways, provided the state department of transportation maintains and enforces an equal, higher or better standard of construction and of materials, devices, appliances and equipment than is required by RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.360.

(4) Within the rights of way of county roads, provided the subject county road department maintains and enforces an equal, higher, or better standard of construction and of materials, devices, appliances, and equipment than is required by RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.360.

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