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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2936

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Clements, Chandler, Lisk, Foreman, Honeyford, Grant, Skinner and Mastin)

Read first time 02/02/96.

Exempting food storage facilities from building code requirements relating to ammonia usage.

    AN ACT Relating to fruit and vegetable storage; 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) Cold storage warehouses and controlled atmosphere storage warehouses used to store fruit or vegetables are not required to comply with any requirements of sections 1118 and 1119 of the uniform mechanical code, as adopted by the state building code council, or sections 6308 and 6309 of the uniform fire code, as adopted by the state building code council, or with any requirements of local amendments adopted to these sections of the uniform mechanical code and uniform fire code.

    (2) The state building code council shall adopt rules consistent with this section.

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