Bill Text: IA HF395 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to lead and copper testing in water supply systems serving child care facilities and schools, and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-22 - Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 388. [HF395 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF395-Introduced.html
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BY
ISENHART
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
lead
and
copper
testing
in
water
supply
1
systems
serving
child
care
facilities
and
schools,
and
2
making
penalties
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135.105E
Lead
and
copper
testing
in
1
child
care
facilities
and
schools.
2
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“water
supply
system”
means
3
the
infrastructure
used
to
transmit
water
from
a
water
utility,
4
well
source,
or
other
source
of
water,
whether
publicly
or
5
privately
owned,
to
an
end
user.
6
2.
a.
Consistent
with
the
requirements
of
40
C.F.R.
pt.
7
141,
subpt.
I,
the
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
8
shall
collect
samples
at
least
annually
at
no
fewer
than
twenty
9
percent
of
the
child
care
facilities,
as
defined
in
section
10
237A.1,
and
no
fewer
than
twenty
percent
of
the
school
district
11
attendance
centers,
as
defined
in
section
279.71,
that
the
12
water
supply
system
serves
and
such
samples
shall
be
tested
13
for
the
presence
of
lead
and
copper.
The
owner
or
operator
of
14
a
water
supply
system
shall
ensure
that
samples
are
collected
15
from
every
child
care
facility
and
every
school
district
16
attendance
center
that
the
water
supply
system
serves
during
17
each
five-year
period.
18
b.
The
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
shall
19
report
respective
results
of
test
samples
to
the
child
care
20
facility
or
school
district
attendance
center
that
was
tested.
21
Upon
reporting
results,
the
owner
or
operator
of
the
water
22
supply
system
shall
provide
information
on
actions
that
the
23
child
care
facility
or
school
district
attendance
center
can
24
take
to
reduce
the
presence
of
lead
and
copper
in
the
drinking
25
water.
The
owner
or
operator
of
the
water
supply
system
shall
26
also
provide
information
on
methods
to
communicate
results
to
27
users
of
the
child
care
facility
or
school
district
attendance
28
center
and
to
parents
or
guardians
of
children
who
attend
the
29
child
care
facility
or
school
district
attendance
center.
30
c.
(1)
On
or
before
August
1,
2024,
and
annually
31
thereafter,
each
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
32
shall
submit
a
report
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
33
services
and
the
department
of
natural
resources.
The
report
34
shall
include
the
results
of
all
tests
conducted
on
child
care
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facilities
and
school
district
attendance
centers
by
the
water
1
supply
system
between
July
1
of
the
prior
year
and
June
30
of
2
the
reporting
year.
3
(2)
On
or
before
August
1,
2024,
and
annually
thereafter,
4
each
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
shall
submit
a
5
report
to
the
local
board
that
has
jurisdiction
over
a
child
6
care
facility
or
school
district
attendance
center
that
the
7
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
had
tested
during
8
the
reporting
period.
The
report
shall
include
the
results
of
9
all
tests
conducted
by
the
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
10
system
at
child
care
facilities
and
school
district
attendance
11
centers
in
the
local
board’s
jurisdiction
between
July
1
of
the
12
prior
year
and
June
30
of
the
reporting
year.
13
d.
(1)
An
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
shall
14
compile
a
list
of
all
child
care
facilities
and
school
district
15
attendance
centers
in
the
water
supply
system’s
service
area.
16
The
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
shall
make
the
17
list
available
on
the
system’s
internet
site.
18
(2)
The
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
shall
19
annually
contact
each
child
care
facility
and
school
district
20
attendance
center
in
the
water
supply
system’s
service
area
to
21
provide
information
about
the
health
risks
of
lead
and
copper
22
in
drinking
water,
schedule
sample
collection
if
required
23
under
paragraph
“a”
,
and
provide
the
most
recent
guidance
from
24
the
United
States
environmental
protection
agency
on
lead
and
25
copper
reduction
strategies.
This
subparagraph
is
repealed
26
July
1,
2028.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
testing
for
lead
and
copper
in
water
31
supply
systems
serving
child
care
facilities
and
schools.
32
Federal
regulations
currently
require
owners
and
operators
33
of
water
supply
systems
to
compile
a
pool
of
targeted
sampling
34
sites
in
the
water
supply
system’s
distribution
system
that
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“is
sufficiently
large
to
ensure
that
the
water
system
can
1
collect
the
number
of
lead
and
copper
tap
samples”
as
required
2
depending
on
the
size
of
the
water
supply
system.
Federal
3
regulations
provide
procedures
for
additional
monitoring
and
4
mitigation
measures.
5
The
bill
requires
each
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
6
system,
as
defined
in
the
bill,
to
collect
samples
annually
7
from
no
fewer
than
20
percent
of
the
child
care
facilities
and
8
no
fewer
than
20
percent
of
the
school
district
attendance
9
centers
that
the
water
supply
system
serves.
Such
samples
10
shall
be
tested
for
the
presence
of
lead
and
copper.
The
11
bill
requires
the
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
12
to
ensure
that
samples
are
collected
from
every
child
care
13
facility
and
every
school
district
attendance
center
that
the
14
water
supply
system
serves
during
each
five-year
period.
15
The
bill
requires
an
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
16
system
to
provide
the
respective
results
to
the
child
care
17
facility
or
school
district
attendance
center
that
was
tested
18
and
include
information
on
actions
to
reduce
the
presence
19
of
lead
and
copper
in
the
drinking
water
and
methods
to
20
communicate
results
to
users.
The
bill
requires
each
owner
21
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
system
to
submit
an
annual
22
report
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services,
the
23
department
of
natural
resources,
and
the
local
boards
of
health
24
having
jurisdiction
over
a
location
that
was
tested
during
the
25
reporting
period.
The
report
shall
include
test
results
from
26
July
1
of
the
preceding
year
through
June
30
of
the
reporting
27
year.
28
The
bill
requires
each
owner
or
operator
of
a
water
supply
29
system
to
compile
a
list
of
all
child
care
facilities
and
30
school
district
attendance
centers
in
the
water
supply
system’s
31
service
area
and
make
the
list
available
on
the
system’s
32
internet
site.
Until
July
1,
2028,
the
owner
or
operator
of
33
a
water
supply
system
shall
annually
contact
each
child
care
34
facility
and
school
district
attendance
center
in
the
water
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supply
system’s
service
area
to
provide
information
about
the
1
health
risks
of
lead
and
copper
in
drinking
water,
schedule
2
sample
collection
when
required
by
the
bill,
and
provide
the
3
most
recent
guidance
from
the
U.S.
environmental
protection
4
agency
on
lead
and
copper
reduction
strategies.
5
By
operation
of
law,
a
person
who
knowingly
violates
the
6
provisions
of
the
bill
is
guilty
of
a
simple
misdemeanor.
A
7
simple
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
8
than
30
days
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$105
but
not
more
than
$855.
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