H-4197.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2503
State of Washington
64th Legislature
2016 Regular Session
By House Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Buys, Griffey, Springer, and Van De Wege)
READ FIRST TIME 02/05/16.
AN ACT Relating to preventing water-sewer districts from prohibiting multipurpose fire sprinkler systems; and adding a new section to chapter 57.02 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 57.02 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A water-sewer district may not prohibit the use of multipurpose fire sprinkler systems that are part of a structure's plumbing system for single-family homes and town houses as defined by the state residential building code or require a separate water meter or backflow preventer for the multipurpose fire sprinkler system.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "multipurpose fire sprinkler system" means a fire sprinkler system that:
(a) Is supplied only by the purveyor's water;
(b) Does not have a fire department pumper connection;
(c) Is constructed of approved potable water piping and materials to which sprinkler heads are attached; and
(d) Terminates at a connection to a toilet or other plumbing fixture to prevent stagnant water.
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