Senate Bill No. 117
(By Senators Ross, Anderson and Plymale)
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[Introduced January 13, 1999;
referred to the Committee on Government Organization;
and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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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 new buildings that are built
and maintained with public funds shall have sloped roofs.
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, after the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine, any new building, which includes a roof, designed,
constructed, and maintained with public funds of the state, a
county, or a municipality shall have a roof of sufficient slope
so that water will not accumulate into a pool on any area of the
roof.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that all
buildings built and maintained with public funds have sloped
roofs.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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