BILL REQ. #:  H-1354.1 

Read first time 02/12/13.   Referred to Committee on Early Learning & Human Services.

     AN ACT Relating to building code council rules that impact before or after-school programs; and amending RCW 19.27.113.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 19.27.113 and 1991 c 170 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The building code council shall adopt rules by December 1, 1991, requiring that all buildings classed as E-1 occupancies, as defined in the state building code, except portable school classrooms, constructed after July 28, 1991, be provided with an automatic fire-extinguishing system. Rules adopted by the council shall consider applicable nationally recognized fire and building code standards and local conditions.
     (2) By December 15, 1991, the council shall transmit to the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, and the fire protection policy board copies of the rules as adopted. The superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, and the fire protection policy board shall respond to the council by February 15, 1992, with any recommended changes to the rule. If changes are recommended the council shall immediately consider those changes to the rules through its rule-making procedures. The rules shall be effective on July 1, 1992.
     (3) By July 31, 2013, the building code council shall adopt rules that allow children who attend classes in a school building during school hours to remain in the same building to participate in before or after-school programs.