ENROLLED

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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[Passed March 7, 1996; in effect ninety days from passage.]

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AN ACT 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 certain 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 designed, constructed and maintained with public funds of the state, a county or a municipality the design of which includes a roof, then the roof shall have sufficient slope so that water will not accumulate into a pool on any area of the roof.