CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2561
Chapter
23, Laws of 1994
53rd
Legislature
1994
Regular Session
CONTROLLED
ATMOSPHERE STORAGE OF APPLES
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/9/94
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Passed by
the House February 4, 1994
Yeas 91 Nays
0
BRIAN EBERSOLE
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate March 1, 1994
Yeas
48 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Marilyn
Showalter, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL
2561 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
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JOEL PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
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MARILYN SHOWALTER
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
March 21, 1994 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March
21, 1994 - 11:25 a.m.
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MIKE LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 2561
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Passed Legislature -
1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd
Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/17/94.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development.
Modifying
regulations for controlled atmosphere storage of fruit.
AN ACT Relating to
controlled atmosphere storage; and amending RCW 15.30.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 15.30.060 and 1967 c
215 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The director shall
adopt rules:
(1) Prescribing the
maximum amount of oxygen that may be retained in a sealed controlled atmosphere
storage warehouse: PROVIDED, That such maximum amount of oxygen retained shall
not exceed five percent when apples are stored in such controlled atmosphere
storage warehouse.
(2) Prescribing the
period in which the oxygen content shall be reduced to the amount prescribed in
subsection (1) of this section: PROVIDED, That such period shall not exceed
twenty days when apples are stored in such controlled atmosphere warehouse.
(3) The length of time
and the degrees of temperature at which any fruits or vegetables shall be
retained in controlled atmosphere storage, before they may be classified as
having been stored in controlled atmosphere storage: PROVIDED, That such
period shall not be less than forty-five days for Gala and Jonagold
varieties and not less than ninety days for other apples.
Passed
the House February 4, 1994.
Passed
the Senate March 1, 1994.
Approved by the Governor March 21, 1994.
Filed in Office of
Secretary of State March 21, 1994.