CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2172

Chapter 340, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session

FUEL CELLS--STATE FACILITIES

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the House April 27, 2003 Yeas 98 Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 26, 2003 Yeas 46 Nays 0 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate		CERTIFICATE I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2172 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk
Approved May 16, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED May 16, 2003 - 4:28 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2172
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session

State of Washington

58th Legislature

2003 Regular Session

By House Committee on Technology, Telecommunications & Energy (originally sponsored by Representatives Sullivan, Morris, Benson, Rockefeller, Wood and Hudgins)

READ FIRST TIME 03/05/03.

AN ACT Relating to promoting the purchase of fuel cells for the use of distributive generation at state-owned facilities; and adding a new section to chapter 43.19 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 43.19 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) When planning for the capital construction or renovation of a state facility, state agencies shall consider the utilization of fuel cells and renewable or alternative energy sources as a primary source of power for applications that require an uninterruptible power source.
     (2) When planning the purchase of back-up or emergency power systems and remote power systems, state agencies shall consider the utilization of fuel cells and renewable or alternative energy sources instead of batteries or internal combustion engines.
     (3) The director of general administration shall develop criteria by which state agencies can identify, evaluate, and develop potential fuel cell applications at state facilities.
     (4) For the purposes of this section, "fuel cell" means an electrochemical reaction that generates electric energy by combining atoms of hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst.

         Passed by the House April 27, 2003.
         Passed by the Senate April 26, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 16, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 16, 2003.