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                         SENATE BILL 6631

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State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

By Senators Rasmussen, Honeyford, Prentice and Sheahan

Read first time 01/23/2002.  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.

Modifying electrical licensing provisions.

    AN ACT Relating to electrical licensing certification; and adding a new section to chapter 19.28 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 19.28 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The licensing provisions of RCW 19.28.161 and 19.28.271 do not apply to:

    (a) Like-in-kind replacement or repair of existing household hot water heaters, motors under one horsepower used to recirculate hot water, or household garbage disposals, dishwashers, dryers, washers, ranges, or similar household appliances; or

    (b) Like-in-kind replacement of existing circuit breakers, screw-in fuses, wall light switches, existing wall receptacles, baseboard heating thermostats, baseboard heating elements, bathroom timers, smoke detectors, household lighting fixtures, and lighting fixture ballasts with exact same ballast.

    (2) The work practices specified in subsection (1) of this section are limited to:

    (a) Appliances and circuits of two hundred forty volts, sixty amperes, single-phase maximum; and

    (b) The disconnect and reconnect of line supply whips not over six feet in length provided there are no modifications to the characteristics of the branch circuit.

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