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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1602

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Schoesler, Huff, Lisk, Chandler, Clements and Honeyford)

Read first time 03/05/97.

Requiring that information provided by governmental entities on household hazardous waste or consumer product substitutes be competent and reliable.

    AN ACT Relating to information on household hazardous waste or consumer product substitutes; and adding a new section to chapter 49.70 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 49.70 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in law, no state agency shall provide information on household hazardous waste or substitutes for any consumer products unless the information is competent and reliable.

    (2) For purposes of this section, "competent and reliable information" means information that is verifiable or provable.

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