CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1224

56th Legislature

1999 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 10, 1999

Yeas 97 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 12, 1999

Yeas 35 Nays 12

CERTIFICATE

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1224 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1224

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Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Hurst, Conway, Campbell, Cairnes, Kessler, Clements, McIntire and Ogden)

Read first time 03/02/1999.

AN ACT Relating to requiring a permanent anchor for worker fall protection; 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:

By October 1, 1999, the building code council shall prepare a report to the legislature documenting the need, including safety benefits, for requiring the installation of permanent anchors for fall protection on all new commercial and residential construction and when a roof is replaced on existing commercial and residential structures. The report shall contain recommendations on the best design and placement of such anchors.