CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT HOUSE BILL 1052 58th Legislature 2003 Regular Session Passed by the House March 6, 2003 Yeas 91 Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives CERTIFICATE I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1052 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. Passed by the Senate April 2, 2003 Yeas 49 Nays 0 Chief Clerk President of the Senate Approved FILED Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington HOUSE BILL 1052 Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session State of Washington 58th Legislature 2003 Regular Session By Representative Nixon Read first time 01/14/2003. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. 1 AN ACT Relating to protecting persons who provide volunteer 2 emergency services; and adding a new section to chapter 4.24 RCW. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: 4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 4.24 RCW 5 to read as follows: 6 Any person, including but not limited to contractors, builders, 7 tradespeople, and other providers of construction, remodel, or repair 8 services, who, without compensation or the expectation of compensation, 9 renders emergency repairs to any structure at the scene of any 10 accident, disaster, or emergency that has caused or resulted in damage 11 to the structure is not liable for civil damages resulting from any act 12 or omission in the rendering of such emergency repairs, other than acts 13 or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton 14 misconduct. Any person rendering emergency repairs during the course 15 of regular employment and receiving compensation or expecting to 16 receive compensation for rendering such repairs is excluded from the 17 protection of this section. 18 For the purposes of this section, "accident, disaster, or p. 1 1052.PL 1 emergency" includes an earthquake, windstorm, hurricane, landslide, 2 flood, volcanic eruption, explosion, fire, or any similar occurrence. END 1052.PL p. 2