HB 2672-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Directs the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, to convene a task force to assess whether county and city governments should be authorized, when adopting ordinances more restrictive than state law, to have these ordinances go into effect sooner than one year after adoption.

Requires the task force to submit recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 2004.