CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5322

                   Chapter 139, Laws of 1991

                        52nd Legislature

                      1991 Regular Session

HOUSING FOR INDIGENTS‑-EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS FROM BUILDING CODES

                   AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/28/91

Passed by the Senate March 11, 1991

  Yeas 44   Nays 3

           ELLEN CRASWELL          

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 11, 1991

  Yeas 87   Nays 0

              JOE KING             

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

Approved May 10, 1991 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

           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 5322 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

           GORDON A. GOLOB            Secretary

                                     FILED         

                  May 10, 1991 - 2:39 p.m.

                        Secretary of State   

                       State of Washington

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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5322

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                     Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Conner, Rasmussen, Snyder, Pelz and McCaslin).

Read first time March 5, 1991.Permitting emergency exemptions from building codes.

     AN ACT Relating to emergency exemptions from building codes and construction standards for housing for indigent persons; 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:

     (1) Effective January 1, 1992, the legislative authorities of cities and counties may adopt an ordinance or resolution to exempt from state building code requirements buildings whose character of use or occupancy has been changed in order to provide housing for indigent persons.  The ordinance or resolution allowing the exemption shall include the following conditions:

     (a) The exemption is limited to existing buildings located in this state;

     (b) Any code deficiencies to be exempted pose no threat to human life, health, or safety;

     (c) The building or buildings exempted under this section are owned or administered by a public agency or nonprofit corporation; and

     (d) The exemption is authorized for no more than five years on any given building.  An exemption for a building may be renewed if the requirements of this section are met for each renewal.

     (2) By January 1, 1992, the state building code council shall adopt by rule, guidelines for cities and counties exempting buildings under subsection (1) of this section.

     Passed the Senate March 11, 1991.

     Passed the House April 11, 1991.

Approved by the Governor May 10, 1991.

     Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 1991.