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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
                              SENATE BILL 5952
                       Chapter 167, Laws of 2024
                               68th Legislature
                             2024 Regular Session
   DEPUTY BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTORS—QUALIFICATIONS
                      EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the Senate February 9, 2024                CERTIFICATE
  Yeas 49 Nays 0
                                        I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
                                        the   Senate   of  the   State   of
              DENNY HECK                Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate                 the attached is SENATE BILL 5952 as
                                        passed by the Senate and the House
                                        of Representatives on the dates
                                        hereon set forth.
Passed by the House March 1, 2024
  Yeas 96 Nays 0
                                                  SARAH BANNISTER
            LAURIE JINKINS                                           Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved March 18, 2024 3:35 PM                         FILED
                                                    March 19, 2024
                                                 Secretary of State
              JAY INSLEE                         State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
                               SENATE BILL 5952
                   Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
     State of Washington       68th Legislature       2024 Regular Session
     By Senators Schoesler, Keiser, and Dozier; by request of Department
     of Labor & Industries
     Prefiled 01/03/24. Read first time 01/08/24.    Referred to Committee
     on Labor & Commerce.
 1       AN ACT Relating to aligning deputy inspector credentials with
 2   national standards; and amending RCW 70.79.120.
 3   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
 4       Sec. 1.   RCW 70.79.120 and 1994 c 164 s 27 are each amended to
 5   read as follows:
 6       The director shall employ deputy inspectors who ((shall)) have
 7   ((had)) met at the time of appointment ((not less than five years
 8   practical experience in the construction, maintenance, repair, or
 9   operation of high pressure boilers and unfired pressure vessels as a
10   mechanical   engineer,   steam  engineer,   boilermaker,  or   boiler
11   inspector)) the qualification requirements for a commission as set
12   forth by the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors,
13   and who shall have passed the examination provided for in RCW
14   70.79.170.
          Passed by the Senate February 9, 2024.
          Passed by the House March 1, 2024.
          Approved by the Governor March 18, 2024.
          Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 19, 2024.
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Statutes affected: 
Original Bill: 70.79.120
Bill as Passed Legislature: 70.79.120
Session Law: 70.79.120