Senate Bill No. 19
(By Senators Ross, Buckalew, Helmick, Schoonover, Anderson, Dugan and Minear)
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[Introduced January 14, 1998;
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 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 April, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, any 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.