CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5261

Chapter 170, Laws of 1991

52nd Legislature

1991 Regular Session

SCHOOLS‑-FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/28/91

Passed by the Senate April 22, 1991

Yeas 45 Nays 0

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 17, 1991

Yeas 95 Nays 0

JOE KING

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved May 15, 1991

BOOTH GARDNER

Governor of the State of Washington

CERTIFICATE

I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5261 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

GORDON A. GOLOB Secretary

FILED

May 15, 1991 - 11:17 a.m.

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5261

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Bailey, Vognild, McMullen, Newhouse, Madsen, Oke, Rinehart and Conner).

Read first time March 5, 1991.

AN ACT Relating to school construction standards for fire prevention and safety; amending RCW 48.48.045; and adding a new section to chapter 19.27 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:

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 the effective date of this act, 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.

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.

Sec. 2. RCW 48.48.045 and 1986 c 266 s 69 are each amended to read as follows:

Nonconstruction standards ((~~for construction~~)) relative to fire prevention and safety for all schools under the jurisdiction of the superintendent of public instruction and state board of education shall be established by the state fire protection board. ((The director of community development, through the director of fire protection, shall adopt such nationally recognized fire and building codes and standards as may be applicable to local conditions. After the approval of such standards by the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education, the director of community development, through)) The director of fire protection((,)) shall make or cause to be made plan reviews and construction inspections for all E-1 occupancies as may be necessary to insure compliance with ((~~said codes~~)) the state building code and standards for schools adopted under chapter 19.27 RCW. Nothing in this section prohibits the director of fire protection from delegating construction inspection authority to any local jurisdiction.

((Political subdivisions of the state having and enforcing such fire and building codes and standards at least equal to or higher than those adopted as provided for in this section shall be exempted from the plan review and construction inspection provisions of this section within their respective subdivision for as long as such codes and standards are enforced.))