RCW 43.22.450
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Whenever used in RCW 43.22.450 through 43.22.490 :
(1)"Department" means the Washington state department of labor and industries;
(2)"Approved" means approved by the department;
(3)"Factory built housing" means any structure, including a factory built tiny house with or without a chassis (wheels), designed primarily for human occupancy other than a manufactured or mobile home the structure or any room of which is either entirely or substantially prefabricated or assembled at a place other than a building site;
(4)"Install" means the assembly of factory built housing or factory built commercial structures at a building site;
(5)"Building site" means any tract, parcel or subdivision of land upon which factory built housing or a factory built commercial structure is installed or is to be installed;
(6)"Local enforcement agency" means any agency of the governing body of any city, county, or state which enforces laws or ordinances governing the construction of buildings;
(7)"Commercial structure" means a structure designed or used for human habitation, or human occupancy for industrial, educational, assembly, professional or commercial purposes;
(8)"Qualified inspection agency" means a nongovernmental entity approved to perform inspections under contract for the department.
[ 2019 c 352 s 4 ; 2019 c 165 s 2 ; 2001 c 335 s 8 ; 1973 1st ex.s. c 22 s 1 ; 1970 ex.s. c 44 s 1 .]
Notes:
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2019 c 165 s 2 and by 2019 c 352 s 4, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025 (2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025 (1).
Finding — 2019 c 352: See note following RCW 58.17.040 .
Application — 2001 c 335: See note following RCW 43.22.335 .