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BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 1572: Construction defects

Creating a right to cure construction defects.

Summary

  • $ Provides a bar to any cause of action under the construction statute of repose until written notice of the alleged defect is given to the person involved in the construction.
  • $ Provides a 30-day time period for a person to exercise a right to cure an alleged defect in a construction-related project.
  • $ Provides that a declaration of intent to cure an alleged defect is a bar to all claims covered under the construction statute of repose for a reasonable period of time to perform substantial completion of the cure.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2001
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mike Carrell (R-28)
Introduced
January 30, 2001 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2002
Companion bill
SB 5602

AN ACT Relating to voluntary cure of alleged construction defects;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mike Carrell (R-28)

3 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 2 Republicans)

Al O'Brien D-1Luke Esser R-48Kathy Lambert R-45

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Judiciary.

HB 1572 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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