CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2491

 

 

                   Chapter 135, Laws of 2002

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

 

 

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES--FACILITY INSPECTION

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/13/02

Passed by the House February 17, 2002

  Yeas 94   Nays 0

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 4, 2002

  Yeas 47   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2491 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 26, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.                

                                FILED                

 

           March 26, 2002 - 9:10 a.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                     ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2491

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             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Chandler, Clements, Lisk, Skinner, Schoesler, Holmquist and Mulliken

 

Read first time 01/18/2002.  Referred to Committee on Local Government & Housing.

Limiting the authority to inspect facilities used for temporary storage and processing of commodities.  


    AN ACT Relating to inspection of facilities used for temporary storage and processing of agricultural commodities; and reenacting and amending RCW 19.27.060.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 19.27.060 and 1989 c 266 s 2 and 1989 c 246 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

    (1) The governing bodies of counties and cities may amend the codes enumerated in RCW 19.27.031 as amended and adopted by the state building code council as they apply within their respective jurisdictions, but the amendments shall not result in a code that is less than the minimum performance standards and objectives contained in the state building code.

    (a) No amendment to a code enumerated in RCW 19.27.031 as amended and adopted by the state building code council that affects single family or multifamily residential buildings shall be effective unless the amendment is approved by the building code council under RCW 19.27.074(1)(b).

    (b) Any county or city amendment to a code enumerated in RCW 19.27.031 which is approved under RCW 19.27.074(1)(b) shall continue to be effective after any action is taken under RCW 19.27.074(1)(a) without necessity of reapproval under RCW 19.27.074(1)(b) unless the amendment is declared null and void by the council at the time any action is taken under RCW 19.27.074(1)(a) because such action in any way altered the impact of the amendment.

    (2) Except as permitted or provided otherwise under this section, the state building code shall be applicable to all buildings and structures including those owned by the state or by any governmental subdivision or unit of local government.

    (3) The governing body of each county or city may limit the application of any portion of the state building code to exclude specified classes or types of buildings or structures according to use other than single family or multifamily residential buildings((:  PROVIDED, That)).  However, in no event shall fruits or vegetables of the tree or vine stored in buildings or warehouses constitute combustible stock for the purposes of application of the uniform fire code.  A governing body of a county or city may inspect facilities used for temporary storage and processing of agricultural commodities.

    (4) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any building four or more stories high with a B occupancy as defined by the uniform building code, 1982 edition, and with a city fire insurance rating of 1, 2, or 3 as defined by a recognized fire rating bureau or organization.

    (5) No provision of the uniform fire code concerning roadways shall be part of the state building code:  PROVIDED, That this subsection shall not limit the authority of a county or city to adopt street, road, or access standards.

    (6) The provisions of the state building code may be preempted by any city or county to the extent that the code provisions relating to the installation or use of sprinklers in jail cells conflict with the secure and humane operation of jails.

    (7)(a) Effective one year after July 23, 1989, the governing bodies of counties and cities may adopt an ordinance or resolution to exempt from permit requirements certain construction or alteration of either group R, division 3, or group M, division 1 occupancies, or both, as defined in the uniform building code, 1988 edition, for which the total cost of fair market value of the construction or alteration does not exceed fifteen hundred dollars.  The permit exemption shall not otherwise exempt the construction or alteration from the substantive standards of the codes enumerated in RCW 19.27.031, as amended and maintained by the state building code council under RCW 19.27.070.

    (b) Prior to July 23, 1989, the state building code council shall adopt by rule, guidelines exempting from permit requirements certain construction and alteration activities under (a) of this subsection.


    Passed the House February 17, 2002.

    Passed the Senate March 4, 2002.

Approved by the Governor March 26, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 26, 2002.