CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1942

                    Chapter 64, Laws of 1997

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

COAL MINING CODE--REPEAL

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/27/97

Passed by the House March 11, 1997   Yeas 97   Nays 0              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 8, 1997   Yeas 39   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1942  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

Approved April 19, 1997 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                     April 19, 1997 - 10:35 a.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

          _______________________________________________

                          HOUSE BILL 1942

          _______________________________________________

             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives B. Thomas, Thompson and Dyer

Read first time 02/14/97.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Repealing the coal mining code.  

    AN ACT Relating to the repeal of the coal mining code; and  repealing RCW 78.40.010, 78.40.160, 78.40.163, 78.40.166, 78.40.169, 78.40.172, 78.40.175, 78.40.178, 78.40.181, 78.40.184, 78.40.187, 78.40.190, 78.40.193, 78.40.196, 78.40.199, 78.40.202, 78.40.205, 78.40.208, 78.40.211, 78.40.214, 78.40.217, 78.40.220, 78.40.223, 78.40.226, 78.40.229, 78.40.235, 78.40.238, 78.40.241, 78.40.244, 78.40.247, 78.40.250, 78.40.253, 78.40.256, 78.40.259, 78.40.262, 78.40.270, 78.40.273, 78.40.276, 78.40.279, 78.40.281, 78.40.284, 78.40.287, 78.40.290, 78.40.293, 78.40.296, 78.40.300, 78.40.303, 78.40.306, 78.40.309, 78.40.312, 78.40.315, 78.40.318, 78.40.321, 78.40.324, 78.40.327, 78.40.330, 78.40.333, 78.40.336, 78.40.339, 78.40.342, 78.40.345, 78.40.348, 78.40.351, 78.40.354, 78.40.357, 78.40.360, 78.40.363, 78.40.366, 78.40.369, 78.40.372, 78.40.375, 78.40.378, 78.40.381, 78.40.390, 78.40.393, 78.40.396, 78.40.399, 78.40.402, 78.40.405, 78.40.408, 78.40.411, 78.40.414, 78.40.417, 78.40.420, 78.40.423, 78.40.426, 78.40.429, 78.40.432, 78.40.435, 78.40.438, 78.40.441, 78.40.444, 78.40.450, 78.40.453, 78.40.456, 78.40.459, 78.40.462, 78.40.470, 78.40.473, 78.40.476, 78.40.479, 78.40.482, 78.40.485, 78.40.488, 78.40.500, 78.40.503, 78.40.506, 78.40.509, 78.40.512, 78.40.515, 78.40.518, 78.40.521, 78.40.524, 78.40.527, 78.40.530, 78.40.533, 78.40.536, 78.40.540, 78.40.543, 78.40.546, 78.40.549, 78.40.552, 78.40.555, 78.40.558, 78.40.561, 78.40.564, 78.40.567, 78.40.570, 78.40.573, 78.40.576, 78.40.579, 78.40.581, 78.40.585, 78.40.588, 78.40.591, 78.40.594, 78.40.600, 78.40.603, 78.40.606, 78.40.609, 78.40.612, 78.40.615, 78.40.618, 78.40.621, 78.40.624, 78.40.627, 78.40.630, 78.40.633, 78.40.636, 78.40.639, 78.40.642, 78.40.645, 78.40.648, 78.40.651, 78.40.654, 78.40.657, 78.40.660, 78.40.663, 78.40.666, 78.40.669, 78.40.672, 78.40.675, 78.40.678, 78.40.681, 78.40.684, 78.40.687, 78.40.690, 78.40.693, 78.40.696, 78.40.699, 78.40.702, 78.40.705, 78.40.708, 78.40.711, 78.40.714, 78.40.717, 78.40.720, 78.40.723, 78.40.726, 78.40.729, 78.40.732, 78.40.735, 78.40.738, 78.40.741, 78.40.744, 78.40.747, 78.40.750, 78.40.753, 78.40.756, 78.40.759, 78.40.765, 78.40.770, 78.40.771, 78.40.772, 78.40.773, 78.40.780, 78.40.783, 78.40.786, 78.40.789, 78.40.791, 78.40.794, and 78.40.797.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 78.40.010 and 1917 c 36 s 1;

(2) RCW 78.40.160 and 1947 c 166 s 2 & 1917 c 36 s 27;

(3) RCW 78.40.163 and 1917 c 36 s 28;

(4) RCW 78.40.166 and 1917 c 36 s 29;

(5) RCW 78.40.169 and 1917 c 36 s 30;

(6) RCW 78.40.172 and 1917 c 36 s 31;

(7) RCW 78.40.175 and 1917 c 36 s 32;

(8) RCW 78.40.178 and 1947 c 166 s 3 & 1917 c 36 s 33;

(9) RCW 78.40.181 and 1989 c 12 s 20 & 1917 c 36 s 34;

(10) RCW 78.40.184 and 1917 c 36 s 35;

(11) RCW 78.40.187 and 1919 c 201 s 2 & 1917 c 36 s 36;

(12) RCW 78.40.190 and 1943 c 211 s 2 & 1917 c 36 s 37;

(13) RCW 78.40.193 and 1917 c 36 s 38;

(14) RCW 78.40.196 and 1917 c 36 s 39;

(15) RCW 78.40.199 and 1917 c 36 s 40;

(16) RCW 78.40.202 and 1917 c 36 s 41;

(17) RCW 78.40.205 and 1917 c 36 s 42;

(18) RCW 78.40.208 and 1917 c 36 s 43;

(19) RCW 78.40.211 and 1917 c 36 s 44;

(20) RCW 78.40.214 and 1917 c 36 s 45;

(21) RCW 78.40.217 and 1919 c 201 s 3 & 1917 c 36 s 46;

(22) RCW 78.40.220 and 1919 c 201 s 4 & 1917 c 36 s 47;

(23) RCW 78.40.223 and 1917 c 36 s 48;

(24) RCW 78.40.226 and 1917 c 36 s 49;

(25) RCW 78.40.229 and 1917 c 36 s 50;

(26) RCW 78.40.235 and 1917 c 36 s 51;

(27) RCW 78.40.238 and 1917 c 36 s 52;

(28) RCW 78.40.241 and 1917 c 36 s 53;

(29) RCW 78.40.244 and 1917 c 36 s 54;

(30) RCW 78.40.247 and 1917 c 36 s 55;

(31) RCW 78.40.250 and 1988 c 127 s 32, 1947 c 87 s 1, & 1917 c 36 s 56;

(32) RCW 78.40.253 and 1917 c 36 s 57;

(33) RCW 78.40.256 and 1917 c 36 s 58;

(34) RCW 78.40.259 and 1917 c 36 s 59;

(35) RCW 78.40.262 and 1989 c 12 s 21 & 1917 c 36 s 60;

(36) RCW 78.40.270 and 1917 c 36 s 61;

(37) RCW 78.40.273 and 1917 c 36 s 62;

(38) RCW 78.40.276 and 1917 c 36 s 63;

(39) RCW 78.40.279 and 1917 c 36 s 64;

(40) RCW 78.40.281 and 1917 c 36 s 65;

(41) RCW 78.40.284 and 1917 c 36 s 66;

(42) RCW 78.40.287 and 1943 c 211 s 3 & 1917 c 36 s 67;

(43) RCW 78.40.290 and 1917 c 36 s 68;

(44) RCW 78.40.293 and 1971 ex.s. c 292 s 68, 1939 c 51 s 1, & 1917 c 36 s 69;

(45) RCW 78.40.296 and 1917 c 36 s 70;

(46) RCW 78.40.300 and 1917 c 36 s 71;

(47) RCW 78.40.303 and 1917 c 36 s 72;

(48) RCW 78.40.306 and 1917 c 36 s 73;

(49) RCW 78.40.309 and 1917 c 36 s 74;

(50) RCW 78.40.312 and 1917 c 36 s 75;

(51) RCW 78.40.315 and 1917 c 36 s 76;

(52) RCW 78.40.318 and 1917 c 36 s 77;

(53) RCW 78.40.321 and 1917 c 36 s 78;

(54) RCW 78.40.324 and 1917 c 36 s 79;

(55) RCW 78.40.327 and 1917 c 36 s 80;

(56) RCW 78.40.330 and 1917 c 36 s 81;

(57) RCW 78.40.333 and 1917 c 36 s 82;

(58) RCW 78.40.336 and 1917 c 36 s 83;

(59) RCW 78.40.339 and 1945 c 83 s 1 & 1917 c 36 s 84;

(60) RCW 78.40.342 and 1917 c 36 s 85;

(61) RCW 78.40.345 and 1989 c 12 s 22 & 1917 c 36 s 86;

(62) RCW 78.40.348 and 1917 c 36 s 87 & 1907 c 105 s 3;

(63) RCW 78.40.351 and 1987 c 202 s 235, 1939 c 51 s 2, & 1917 c 36 s 88;

(64) RCW 78.40.354 and 1917 c 36 s 89;

(65) RCW 78.40.357 and 1943 c 211 s 4 & 1917 c 36 s 90;

(66) RCW 78.40.360 and 1917 c 36 s 91;

(67) RCW 78.40.363 and 1917 c 36 s 92;

(68) RCW 78.40.366 and 1917 c 36 s 93;

(69) RCW 78.40.369 and 1917 c 36 s 94;

(70) RCW 78.40.372 and 1917 c 36 s 95;

(71) RCW 78.40.375 and 1943 c 211 s 5 & 1917 c 36 s 96;

(72) RCW 78.40.378 and 1917 c 36 s 97;

(73) RCW 78.40.381 and 1917 c 36 s 98;

(74) RCW 78.40.390 and 1917 c 36 s 99;

(75) RCW 78.40.393 and 1917 c 36 s 100;

(76) RCW 78.40.396 and 1917 c 36 s 101;

(77) RCW 78.40.399 and 1917 c 36 s 102;

(78) RCW 78.40.402 and 1917 c 36 s 103;

(79) RCW 78.40.405 and 1989 c 12 s 23 & 1917 c 36 s 104;

(80) RCW 78.40.408 and 1917 c 36 s 105;

(81) RCW 78.40.411 and 1917 c 36 s 106;

(82) RCW 78.40.414 and 1919 c 201 s 5 & 1917 c 36 s 107;

(83) RCW 78.40.417 and 1943 c 211 s 6 & 1917 c 36 s 108;

(84) RCW 78.40.420 and 1917 c 36 s 109;

(85) RCW 78.40.423 and 1917 c 36 s 110;

(86) RCW 78.40.426 and 1917 c 36 s 111;

(87) RCW 78.40.429 and 1917 c 36 s 112;

(88) RCW 78.40.432 and 1917 c 36 s 113;

(89) RCW 78.40.435 and 1917 c 36 s 114;

(90) RCW 78.40.438 and 1917 c 36 s 115;

(91) RCW 78.40.441 and 1917 c 36 s 116;

(92) RCW 78.40.444 and 1943 c 211 s 7 & 1917 c 36 s 117;

(93) RCW 78.40.450 and 1947 c 166 s 4, 1943 c 211 s 8, & 1917 c 36 s 118;

(94) RCW 78.40.453 and 1917 c 36 s 119;

(95) RCW 78.40.456 and 1917 c 36 s 120;

(96) RCW 78.40.459 and 1917 c 36 s 121;

(97) RCW 78.40.462 and 1917 c 36 s 122;

(98) RCW 78.40.470 and 1917 c 36 s 123;

(99) RCW 78.40.473 and 1917 c 36 s 124;

(100) RCW 78.40.476 and 1917 c 36 s 125;

(101) RCW 78.40.479 and 1917 c 36 s 126;

(102) RCW 78.40.482 and 1917 c 36 s 127;

(103) RCW 78.40.485 and 1943 c 211 s 9 & 1917 c 36 s 128;

(104) RCW 78.40.488 and 1917 c 36 s 129;

(105) RCW 78.40.500 and 1917 c 36 s 131;

(106) RCW 78.40.503 and 1917 c 36 s 132;

(107) RCW 78.40.506 and 1917 c 36 s 133;

(108) RCW 78.40.509 and 1917 c 36 s 134;

(109) RCW 78.40.512 and 1917 c 36 s 135;

(110) RCW 78.40.515 and 1917 c 36 s 136;

(111) RCW 78.40.518 and 1917 c 36 s 137;

(112) RCW 78.40.521 and 1917 c 36 s 138;

(113) RCW 78.40.524 and 1917 c 36 s 139;

(114) RCW 78.40.527 and 1917 c 36 s 140;

(115) RCW 78.40.530 and 1917 c 36 s 141;

(116) RCW 78.40.533 and 1917 c 36 s 142;

(117) RCW 78.40.536 and 1917 c 36 s 143;

(118) RCW 78.40.540 and 1917 c 36 s 144;

(119) RCW 78.40.543 and 1917 c 36 s 145;

(120) RCW 78.40.546 and 1917 c 36 s 146;

(121) RCW 78.40.549 and 1917 c 36 s 147;

(122) RCW 78.40.552 and 1917 c 36 s 148;

(123) RCW 78.40.555 and 1917 c 36 s 149;

(124) RCW 78.40.558 and 1917 c 36 s 150;

(125) RCW 78.40.561 and 1917 c 36 s 151;

(126) RCW 78.40.564 and 1917 c 36 s 152;

(127) RCW 78.40.567 and 1917 c 36 s 153;

(128) RCW 78.40.570 and 1947 c 166 s 5, 1943 c 211 s 10, 1933 c 137 s 1, & 1917 c 36 s 154;

(129) RCW 78.40.573 and 1917 c 36 s 155;

(130) RCW 78.40.576 and 1917 c 36 s 156;

(131) RCW 78.40.579 and 1917 c 36 s 157;

(132) RCW 78.40.581 and 1917 c 36 s 158;

(133) RCW 78.40.585 and 1917 c 36 s 159;

(134) RCW 78.40.588 and 1917 c 36 s 160;

(135) RCW 78.40.591 and 1917 c 36 s 161;

(136) RCW 78.40.594 and 1917 c 36 s 162;

(137) RCW 78.40.600 and 1917 c 36 s 163;

(138) RCW 78.40.603 and 1917 c 36 s 164;

(139) RCW 78.40.606 and 1987 c 202 s 236, 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 s 114, 1943 c 211 s 11, & 1917 c 36 s 165;

(140) RCW 78.40.609 and 1917 c 36 s 166;

(141) RCW 78.40.612 and 1917 c 36 s 167;

(142) RCW 78.40.615 and 1917 c 36 s 168;

(143) RCW 78.40.618 and 1917 c 36 s 169;

(144) RCW 78.40.621 and 1917 c 36 s 170;

(145) RCW 78.40.624 and 1917 c 36 s 171;

(146) RCW 78.40.627 and 1917 c 36 s 172;

(147) RCW 78.40.630 and 1917 c 36 s 173;

(148) RCW 78.40.633 and 1917 c 36 s 174;

(149) RCW 78.40.636 and 1917 c 36 s 175;

(150) RCW 78.40.639 and 1917 c 36 s 176;

(151) RCW 78.40.642 and 1917 c 36 s 177;

(152) RCW 78.40.645 and 1917 c 36 s 178;

(153) RCW 78.40.648 and 1917 c 36 s 179;

(154) RCW 78.40.651 and 1917 c 36 s 180;

(155) RCW 78.40.654 and 1917 c 36 s 181;

(156) RCW 78.40.657 and 1917 c 36 s 182;

(157) RCW 78.40.660 and 1917 c 36 s 183;

(158) RCW 78.40.663 and 1943 c 211 s 12 & 1917 c 36 s 184;

(159) RCW 78.40.666 and 1917 c 36 s 185;

(160) RCW 78.40.669 and 1917 c 36 s 186;

(161) RCW 78.40.672 and 1989 c 12 s 24 & 1917 c 36 s 187;

(162) RCW 78.40.675 and 1917 c 36 s 188;

(163) RCW 78.40.678 and 1917 c 36 s 189;

(164) RCW 78.40.681 and 1917 c 36 s 190;

(165) RCW 78.40.684 and 1917 c 36 s 191;

(166) RCW 78.40.687 and 1943 c 211 s 13 & 1917 c 36 s 192;

(167) RCW 78.40.690 and 1917 c 36 s 193;

(168) RCW 78.40.693 and 1989 c 12 s 25 & 1917 c 36 s 194;

(169) RCW 78.40.696 and 1917 c 36 s 195;

(170) RCW 78.40.699 and 1917 c 36 s 196;

(171) RCW 78.40.702 and 1917 c 36 s 197;

(172) RCW 78.40.705 and 1917 c 36 s 198;

(173) RCW 78.40.708 and 1917 c 36 s 199;

(174) RCW 78.40.711 and 1919 c 201 s 6 & 1917 c 36 s 200;

(175) RCW 78.40.714 and 1917 c 36 s 201;

(176) RCW 78.40.717 and 1917 c 36 s 202;

(177) RCW 78.40.720 and 1917 c 36 s 203;

(178) RCW 78.40.723 and 1987 c 202 s 237, 1935 c 6 s 1, & 1917 c 36 s 204;

(179) RCW 78.40.726 and 1917 c 36 s 205;

(180) RCW 78.40.729 and 1917 c 36 s 206;

(181) RCW 78.40.732 and 1943 c 211 s 14 & 1917 c 36 s 207;

(182) RCW 78.40.735 and 1917 c 36 s 208;

(183) RCW 78.40.738 and 1917 c 36 s 209;

(184) RCW 78.40.741 and 1989 c 12 s 26 & 1917 c 36 s 210;

(185) RCW 78.40.744 and 1917 c 36 s 211;

(186) RCW 78.40.747 and 1917 c 36 s 212;

(187) RCW 78.40.750 and 1917 c 36 s 213;

(188) RCW 78.40.753 and 1917 c 36 s 214;

(189) RCW 78.40.756 and 1917 c 36 s 215;

(190) RCW 78.40.759 and 1917 c 36 s 216;

(191) RCW 78.40.765 and 1917 c 36 s 217, 1891 c 81 s 21, & 1887 c 21 s 16;

(192) RCW 78.40.770 and 1917 c 36 s 218;

(193) RCW 78.40.771 and 1917 c 36 s 219;

(194) RCW 78.40.772 and 1917 c 36 s 220;

(195) RCW 78.40.773 and 1917 c 36 s 221;

(196) RCW 78.40.780 and 1927 c 306 s 12;

(197) RCW 78.40.783 and 1989 c 12 s 27 & 1927 c 306 s 13;

(198) RCW 78.40.786 and 1989 c 12 s 28 & 1927 c 306 s 14;

(199) RCW 78.40.789 and 1927 c 306 s 15;

(200) RCW 78.40.791 and 1927 c 306 s 16;

(201) RCW 78.40.794 and 1927 c 306 s 17; and

(202) RCW 78.40.797 and 1927 c 306 s 18.

    Passed the House March 11, 1997.

    Passed the Senate April 8, 1997.

Approved by the Governor April 19, 1997.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 19, 1997.