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HOUSE BILL 2818
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives R. Johnson, Paris, Wineberry, Jones, Scott and Spanel
Read first time 01/28/92. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to toilet facilities in minimart stores that make fuel sales; adding a new section to chapter 19.27 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 70.54 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 19.27 RCW to read as follows:
(1) After January 1, 1994, all new minimart stores as defined in subsection (2) of this section shall have at least one toilet facility equipped with handwashing facilities that is available for use by customers. All existing minimart stores that are remodeled after January 1, 1994, shall have at least one toilet facility equipped with handwashing facilities that is available for use by customers. Nothing in this section limits the minimart owner or employees from excluding from the toilet facilities persons who have not made a recent purchase at the minimart.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Remodeled" means an alteration to the structure of the minimart that requires a building permit issued by the city or county with jurisdiction over the minimart store and that has a value of at least twenty-five percent of the value of the structure being altered.
(b) "Minimart" means a retail facility with at least fifty percent of its gross receipts from sales of motor vehicle fuel and with at least five percent of its gross receipts from sales of food, alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverages, or both, and other items where the inventory size is specially limited to meet the immediate needs of customers. Motor vehicle fuel retailers whose sales of food and beverages are conducted exclusively through self-serve or vending machine operations are excluded from the requirements of this section.
(3) This section is self-executing, but cities and counties may further define these minimum standards and provide for their implementation and enforcement by ordinance or resolution consistent with the state building code.
(4) This section is supplemental to the state building code and is not intended to supersede more restrictive requirements of the state building code.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 70.54 RCW to read as follows:
The secretary of health shall investigate complaints made concerning violations of section 1 of this act, and ordinances and resolutions implementing it, and may conduct investigations as appropriate to develop information on possible violations of section 1 of this act, and ordinances and resolutions implementing it, to promote accessibility and sanitation.