Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ Article 2, Chapter 23, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-23-245.
(A) Notwithstanding applicable
national, state, or local building codes, plumbing codes, school
building regulations, or other provisions of law relating to the
minimum numbers of required plumbing fixtures for football
stadiums in middle schools and high schools based on occupancy
and use, the minimum number of:
(1)
toilets for male restrooms required for a football stadium
are:
(a)
one per two hundred for the first fifteen hundred
occupancy;
(b)
one per two hundred fifty for the next fifteen hundred
occupancy; and
(c)
one per five hundred for the remainder occupancy;
(2)
toilets for female restrooms required for a football
stadium are:
(a)
one per one hundred for the first one thousand five
hundred twenty occupancy;
(b)
one per one hundred fifty for the next one thousand five
hundred twenty occupancy; and
(c)
one per three hundred for the remainder occupancy;
(3)
lavatories for male restrooms required for a football
stadium are one per three hundred; and
(4)
lavatories for female restrooms required for a football
stadium are one per three hundred.
(B) The provisions of
this section apply to all middle school football stadiums and
high school football stadiums built or renovated after the
effective date of this act and all middle school football
stadiums and high school football stadiums in existence or in
the process of being planned, constructed, or renovated on the
effective date of this act. However, a stadium that is being
renovated but is not replacing existing seating or adding new
seating may not be required to add water closets or lavatories
to conform to the provisions of this section or any other
applicable building code, plumbing code, school building
regulations, or another provision of law. For a stadium that is
being renovated to replace existing or add new seating, the
plumbing fixtures requirements apply only to the number of new
seats being added or replaced.
(C) To determine the
occupant load of each sex, the total occupant load must be
divided in half. To determine the required number of fixtures,
the fixture ratio or ratios for each fixture type must be
applied to the occupant load of each sex in accordance with
subsection (A). Fractional numbers resulting from applying the
fixture ratios must be rounded up to the next whole number. For
calculations involving multiple occupancies, such fractional
numbers for each occupancy first must be summed and then rounded
up to the next whole number. However, the total occupant load
must not be required to be divided in half where approved
statistical data indicate a distribution of the sexes of other
than fifty percent of each sex." /
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is applicable to any existing facilities and future facilities. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.