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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1302

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives D. Sommers, Rust, Sprenkle, Valle, Nealey, Pruitt, Brekke, Fraser, Moyer, Rector and R. King

Read first time 1/20/89 and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs. Referred 2/10/89 to Committee on Appropriations.

AN ACT Relating to indoor air quality; adding a new section to chapter 19.27 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 19.27 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) The department of social and health services shall establish standards for indoor air quality that include maximum concentrations of indoor air pollutants for residential buildings.  Indoor air pollutants include but are not limited to formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and water vapor or moisture-laden air, but do not include radon.  The standards shall be adopted no later than January 1, 1990.

          (2) The state building code council, in consultation with other state agencies, shall conduct a review of techniques to reduce and mitigate the presence of indoor air pollutants.  The review shall include an assessment of federal, regional, and state efforts to reduce or mitigate indoor air pollution, and identification of codes or standards that may be appropriate for consideration by the state of Washington.  The state building code council shall report the findings of its review to the governor and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by December 1, 1989.

          (3) The state building code council, in consultation with the department and other state and federal agencies, shall develop ventilation and source control standards designed to control the level of indoor air pollutants in residential buildings and incorporate them into the building code for the maintenance of the health and safety of the occupants.  On or before December 1, 1991, the building code council shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW for the purpose of implementing a requirement that all new residential buildings be constructed to include a mechanical ventilation system that will control, reduce, and mitigate the presence of indoor air pollutants.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.