HOUSE BILL REPORT
EHB 1077
As Amended by the Senate
BYRepresentatives Ebersole, Crane, Walk, Dellwo, Haugen, Todd, Smith, Gallagher, O'Brien, Brough, Ballard, Rector, Heavey, Jones, D. Sommers, Ferguson, Wineberry, H. Myers, G. Fisher, Miller, Phillips and Valle
Modifying requirements for curb ramps for handicapped persons.
House Committe on Local Government
Majority Report: Do pass with amendment. (13)
Signed by Representatives Haugen, Chair; Cooper, Vice Chair; Ferguson, Ranking Republican Member; Horn, Nealey, Nelson, Nutley, Phillips, Rayburn, Todd, Wolfe, Wood and Zellinsky.
House Staff:Steve Lundin (786-7127)
AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 24, 1989
BACKGROUND:
Counties, cities, and towns are required to provide ramps of a certain size on or near the crosswalks at intersections whenever curbs are constructed on any county, city, or town street, or on any connecting street or town road for which curbs and sidewalks have been prescribed by the governing body.
SUMMARY:
Counties, cities and towns are required to provide ramps of a certain size on or near the crosswalks at intersections whenever curbs are constructed.
EFFECT OF SENATE AMENDMENTS: The requirement that curb cuts with handicapped access ramps be located on or near crosswalks at intersections, whenever street or road construction work is done that includes the construction of curbs, is limited to situations where curbs are to be constructed "in combination with sidewalks, paths, or other pedestrian access ways."
Fiscal Note: Not Requested.
House Committee ‑ Testified For: Glen Gilbrath, Disabled Veterans.
House Committee - Testified Against: None Presented.
House Committee - Testimony For: Pierce County built curbs in one instance without sidewalks, and refused to put in curb cuts. This clarifies what we thought the law was anyway.
House Committee - Testimony Against: None Presented.
VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE:
Yeas 90; Absent 2; Excused 6
Absent: Representatives Crane and Locke
Excused: Representatives Brough, Chandler, Day, Dellwo, Hankins and Wang