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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1683

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives Nelson, Miller, K. Wilson, Hankins, Rust, Valle, Brekke, R. Fisher, Cole, Hine, H. Sommers, Jacobsen, Winsley, Haugen and Inslee

Read first time 2/1/89 and referred to Committee on State Government.

AN ACT Relating to accommodations in public facilities; and adding a new section to chapter 19.27 RCW.

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 state building code council shall adopt standards requiring fifty percent more women's toilets than men's toilets in public facilities where people congregate.

          (2) For purposes of this section, "public facilities" includes concert halls, theaters, auditoriums, exhibition halls, indoor sports arenas, and parks.