CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1136

Chapter 77, Laws of 2001

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Session

PRODUCT STANDARDS

                     EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/1/01

Passed by the House February 27, 2001   Yeas 98   Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 6, 2001   Yeas 46   Nays 0 BRAD OWEN President of the Senate	CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co‑Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1136 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER Chief Clerk TIMOTHY A. MARTIN Chief Clerk
Approved April 19, 2001. GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	FILED April 19, 2001 ‑ 4:38 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1136

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Passed Legislature ‑ 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By House Committee on Agriculture & Ecology (originally sponsored by Representatives Schoesler, Wood, Ahern, Gombosky, Cox, Grant, Doumit, G. Chandler, Rockefeller, Linville, Schindler, Mulliken, Buck, Mastin, McMorris, Benson and Eickmeyer)

READ FIRST TIME 02/15/01. 

Regarding product standards.   

    AN ACT Relating to product standards; amending RCW 43.19A.020; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.19A.020 and 1996 c 198 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The ((USEPA)) federal product standards, ((as now or hereafter amended)) adopted under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6962(e) as it exists on the effective date of this act, are adopted as the minimum standards for the state of Washington. These standards shall be implemented for at least the products listed in (((a) and (b) of)) this subsection ((by the dates indicated)), unless the director finds that a different standard would significantly increase recycled product availability or competition.

    (a) ((By July 1, 1997:

    (i))) Paper and paper products;

    (((ii))) (b) Organic recovered materials; ((and

    (iii))) (c) Latex paint products;

    (((b) By July 1, 1997:

    (i))) (d) Products for lower value uses containing recycled plastics;

    (((ii))) (e) Retread and remanufactured tires;

    (((iii))) (f) Lubricating oils;

    (((iv))) (g) Automotive batteries;

    (((v))) (h) Building ((insulation)) products and materials;

    (((vi))) (i) Panelboard; and

    (((vii))) (j) Compost products.

    (2) By July 1, 2001, the director shall adopt product standards for strawboard manufactured using as an ingredient straw that is produced as a by-product in the production of cereal grain or turf or grass seed and product standards for products made from strawboard.

(3) The standards required by this section shall be applied to recycled product purchasing by the department ((and)), other state agencies, and state postsecondary educational institutions.  The standards may be adopted or applied by any other local government in product procurement.  The standards shall provide for exceptions under appropriate circumstances to allow purchases of recycled products that do not meet the minimum content requirements of the standards.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2001.

    Passed the House February 27, 2001.

    Passed the Senate April 6, 2001.

Approved by the Governor April 19, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 19, 2001.