5984-S AMH STRO ELGE 088

SSB 5984 - H AMD 655

By Representative Strow

FAILED 4/10/2007

   Beginning on page 6, line 29, strike all of subsection (11) and insert:

   "(11)(a) "Significant structures" include:

   (i) Hazardous facilities, defined as: Structures housing, supporting, or containing sufficient quantities of explosive substances to be of danger to the safety of the public if released;

   (ii) Essential facilities that have a ground area of more than five thousand square feet and are more than twenty feet in mean roof height above average ground level. Essential facilities are defined as:

   (A) Hospitals and other medical facilities having surgery and emergency treatment areas;

   (B) Fire and police stations;

   (C) Tanks or other structures containing, housing, or supporting water or fire suppression material or equipment required for the protection of essential or hazardous facilities or special occupancy structures;

   (D) Emergency vehicle shelters and garages;

   (E) Structures and equipment in emergency preparedness centers;

   (F) Standby power-generating equipment for essential facilities;

   (G) Structures and equipment in government communication centers and other facilities requiring emergency response;

   (H) Aviation control towers, air traffic control centers, and emergency aircraft hangars; and

   (I) Buildings and other structures having critical national defense functions;

   (iii) Structures exceeding one hundred feet in height above average ground level;

   (iv) Buildings that are customarily occupied by human beings and are five stories or more above average ground level;

   (v) Bridges having a total span of more than two hundred feet and piers having a surface area greater than ten thousand square feet; and

   (vi) Buildings and other structures where more than three hundred people congregate in one area.

   (b) "Significant structures" do not include aircraft or vessels."

EFFECT: Exempts aircraft and vessels from the definition of significant structures.