00HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 8(L&C)                                                                            
01 "An Act relating to the minimum plumbing fixtures required for females and                                              
02 males in the state plumbing code; and providing for an effective date."                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.60.705(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  Except as provided otherwise in this section, and unless the department                                          
06 adopts by regulation a later edition of the following publications or a later version of                                
07 another nationally recognized code approved by the legislature by law, the following                                    
08 publications are adopted as the minimum plumbing code for the state:                                                    
09   (1)  paragraphs 101.3 - 101.5.6, 103.5.1.1 - 103.5.1.4, 103.5.3.5,                                                   
10 103.5.4.2, 103.5.5.1 - 103.5.5.2, 103.5.6.1 - 103.5.6.3, and 103.8 - 103.8.2 of chapter                                 
11 1, chapters 2 - 14, and the appendices A through L of the 1997 edition of the Uniform                                   
12 Plumbing Code published by the International Association of Plumbing and                                                
13 Mechanical Officials and adopted at the 67th annual conference, September 1996,                                         
14 excluding Table 4.1, "Minimum Plumbing Facilities " ; ["] and adding Appendix                                         

01 Chapter 29, Table A - 29 - A, "Minimum Plumbing Fixtures," of the 1997 edition of                                       
02 the Uniform Building Code published in April 1997 by the International Council of                                       
03 Building Officials , except that for the category identified in Table A - 29 - A as                                    
04 "Assembly places--Auditoriums, convention halls, dance floors, lodge rooms,                                             
05 stadiums and casinos," when the category is applied to auditoriums, convention                                          
06 halls, stadiums, and casinos, the ratios                                                                                
07   (A)  indicating the number of water closets required for                                                            
08 females are changed to provide the following:                                                                           
09   (i)  four water closets for 1 - 50 females;                                                                        
10   (ii)  six water closets for 51 - 100 females;                                                                      
11   (iii)  10 water closets for 101 - 200 females;                                                                     
12   (iv)  14 water closets for 201 - 400 females; and                                                                  
13   (v)   one additional water closet for each 100 females                                                             
14 over 400 females; and                                                                                                   
15   (B)  indicating the number of lavatories required for females                                                       
16 and males are changed to                                                                                                
17   (i)  one lavatory for each water closet up to four                                                                 
18 water closets; and                                                                                                      
19   (ii)  one additional lavatory for each two additional                                                              
20 water closets beyond four water closets ;                                                                              
21   (2)  the 1997 edition of the Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub                                                 
22 Code published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials                                    
23 and adopted at the 67th annual conference, September 1996, excluding pages 1 - 8 of                                     
24 Part I, Administration; and                                                                                             
25   (3)  the 1997 edition of the Uniform Solar Energy Code published by                                                  
26 the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and adopted at the                                   
27 67th annual conference, September 1996, excluding pages 1 - 7 of Part I,                                                
28 Administration.                                                                                                         
29    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2000.