WSR 16-11-018
PERMANENT RULES
[Filed May 6, 2016, 9:34 a.m., effective June 30, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: June 30, 2016.
Purpose: To comply with a stipulated motion and order issued by Thurston County Superior Court invalidating amendments to the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC) 310.1 and the 2015 International Building Code (IBC) 1030.1. The amendments allow fire sprinklers in lieu of an egress window in a basement room. At the final adoption of the amendments the state building code council used a spreadsheet to consider recommendations to deny or adopt amendments to the IBC and IRC. The spreadsheet indicated if items were controversial and received opposing testimony. As the sections IRC 310 and IBC 1030 had received opposing testimony, but were not indicated on the spreadsheet, the council did not discuss the amendments and they were adopted as part of the adoption of the whole 2015 IRC and 2015 IBC without further consideration. The court found that the amendments are invalid.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 51-50-1030 and 51-51-0310.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Thurston County Superior Court Order No. 16-2-00594-34.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 13, 2016.
Steve K. Simpson
Chair
REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed by stipulated order 16-2-00594-34 of Thurston County Superior Court:
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WAC 51-50-1030 |
Emergency escape and rescue. |
WAC 51-51-0310 |
Section R310-Emergency escape and rescue openings. |
