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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4678

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senators Vognild, Newhouse and Warnke

Read first time 1/20/86 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to job site safety inspections; and amending RCW 49.17.100.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 10, chapter 80, Laws of 1973 and RCW 49.17.100 are each amended to read as follows:

          A representative of the employer ((and)), a representative employee authorized by the employees of such employer, and one or more representatives of the employees' collective bargaining unit(s) shall be given an opportunity to accompany the director, or his authorized representative, during the physical inspection of any work place for the purpose of aiding such inspection.  Where there is no authorized employee representative, the director or his authorized representative shall consult with a reasonable number of employees concerning matters of health and safety in the work place.  The director may adopt procedural rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section:  PROVIDED, That neither this section, nor any other provision of this chapter, shall be construed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing concerning wages or standards or conditions of employment which equal or exceed those established under the authority of this chapter.