Bill Text: IA HF327 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to short-term testing and retesting for radon gas at public school district attendance centers, making an appropriation, and including effective date provisions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Subcommittee, Highfill, Salmon, and Staed. H.J. 363. [HF327 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF327-Introduced.html
House File 327 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY STAED A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to short=term testing and retesting for radon 2 gas at public school district attendance centers, making an 3 appropriation, and including effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2293YH (4) 86 aw/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 279.39A Radon testing. 1 2 1. For purposes of this section, "short=term test" means 1 3 a test approved by the department of public health in which a 1 4 testing device remains in an area for not less than two days 1 5 and not more than ninety days to determine the amount of radon 1 6 in the air that is acceptable for human inhalation. 1 7 2. The board of directors of each public school district 1 8 shall provide for short=term testing and retesting for radon 1 9 gas to be performed at each attendance center under its control 1 10 and following any new construction of an attendance center or 1 11 additions, renovations, or repairs to an attendance center. 1 12 3. a. The department of public health and the department 1 13 of education shall each adopt rules to jointly administer this 1 14 section. 1 15 b. In consultation with appropriate stakeholders, the 1 16 department of public health shall adopt rules establishing 1 17 standards for radon testing at attendance centers. Such 1 18 standards shall include but are not limited to training 1 19 requirements for persons to conduct such testing and best 1 20 practices for conducting such testing. 1 21 Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION ==== FY 2014=2015. 1 22 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 1 23 to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning 1 24 July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amounts, 1 25 or so much thereof as is necessary, for purposes of providing 1 26 reimbursement to public school districts that conduct radon 1 27 testing or retesting pursuant to section 279.39A, as enacted 1 28 in this Act: 1 29 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 1 30 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 1 31 unobligated moneys from the appropriation made in this section 1 32 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure 1 33 for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year 1 34 beginning July 1, 2018. 1 35 Sec. 3. REPORTING. 2 1 1. On or before January 15 of each year, the department 2 2 of education shall report to the legislative services agency 2 3 and the department of management the status of all testing 2 4 authorized in this Act that is completed or in progress. The 2 5 report shall include a description of the testing, the progress 2 6 of work completed, the total estimated cost of the testing, a 2 7 list of all revenue sources being used to fund the testing, the 2 8 amount of funds expended, the amount of funds obligated, and 2 9 the date the testing was completed or an estimated completion 2 10 date of the testing, where applicable. 2 11 2. On or before December 31 of each year, a recipient 2 12 of moneys appropriated in this Act shall report to the 2 13 department of education the status of all testing completed or 2 14 in progress. The report shall include a description of the 2 15 testing, the progress of work completed, the total estimated 2 16 cost of the testing, a list of all revenue sources being used 2 17 to fund the testing, the amount of funds expended, the amount 2 18 of funds obligated, and the date the testing was completed or 2 19 an estimated completion date of the testing, where applicable. 2 20 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 2 21 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, one million dollars is 2 22 specified as the state cost of requiring compliance with any 2 23 state mandate included in this Act. This specification of 2 24 the amount of the state cost shall be deemed to meet all the 2 25 state funding=related requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 2 26 3, and no specific state funding shall be necessary for the 2 27 full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of this Act 2 28 against all affected political subdivisions. 2 29 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 2 30 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 31 EXPLANATION 2 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 33 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 34 This bill requires the board of directors of each public 2 35 school district to provide for short=term testing and 3 1 retesting for radon gas at each attendance center under its 3 2 control. The rules relating to the testing are to be adopted 3 3 by the departments of education and public health. The 3 4 bill appropriates moneys to the department of education for 3 5 providing reimbursement to public school districts that conduct 3 6 radon testing or retesting. The bill includes reporting and 3 7 reversion provisions. 3 8 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 3 9 section 25B.3. The bill includes a specification of the amount 3 10 of the state cost of any state mandate included in the bill. 3 11 The specification is deemed to constitute state compliance with 3 12 any state mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 3 13 25B.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to 3 14 reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply 3 15 with any state mandates included in the bill. 3 16 The bill takes effect upon enactment. LSB 2293YH (4) 86 aw/sc
