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                          HOUSE BILL 2397

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Patterson, Wood, G. Fisher, Heavey, Brown, Shin, Dorn, Valle, Brough and J. Kohl

Read first time 01/14/94.  Referred to Committee on Education.

Prohibiting common schools from being located in severely noise-impacted areas.

    AN ACT Relating to school siting; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.335 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.335 RCW to read as follows:

    No public school facilities built, purchased, rented, or leased after the effective date of this section may be located in severely noise-impacted areas.  For purposes of this section, a severely noise-impacted area is an area within the sixty-five Level day night (Ldn) contour.

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