Senate Bill No. 412
(By Senators Ross, Helmick, Anderson, Dugan, Sharpe, Craigo,
Chafin, Blatnik, Schoonover, Kimble, Scott, Bowman, Boley, White,
Whitlow, Buckalew and Dittmar)
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[Introduced February 16, 1996; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend article six, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section sixteen,
relating to requiring that all buildings that are built with
public funds and maintained with public funds shall have a
sloped roof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter five of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section sixteen, to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 6. STATE BUILDING COMMISSION.
§5-6-16. Sloped roofs required.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the
contrary, any building designed after the first day of April, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-six, that is constructed and
maintained with public funds of the state, a county or a
municipality shall have a roof that has a sufficient slope so
that water will not accumulate into a pool on any area of the
roof.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that all
buildings built and maintained with public funds have sloped
roofs.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.)
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