Bill Text: IA HF584 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning short-term testing and retesting for radon at public school district attendance centers. (Formerly HSB 178)
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-26 - Subcommittee reassigned, Salmon, Fry, and Staed. H.J. 122. [HF584 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF584-Introduced.html
House File 584 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 178) A BILL FOR 1 An Act concerning short=term testing and retesting for radon at 2 public school district attendance centers. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2569HV (2) 86 je/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 pursuant to chapter 17A to 1 14 jointly administer this section. 1 15 b. In consultation with appropriate stakeholders, the 1 16 department of public health shall adopt rules pursuant to 1 17 chapter 17A establishing standards for radon testing at 1 18 attendance centers. Such standards shall include but are not 1 19 limited to training requirements for persons to conduct such 1 20 testing and best practices for conducting such testing. 1 21 Sec. 2. Section 298.3, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended 1 22 by adding the following new paragraph: 1 23 NEW PARAGRAPH. n. Radon testing pursuant to section 1 24 279.39A. 1 25 Sec. 3. Section 423F.3, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 26 2015, is amended to read as follows: 1 27 a. If the board of directors adopts a resolution to use 1 28 funds received under the operation of this chapter solely for 1 29 providing property tax relief by reducing indebtedness from the 1 30 levies specified under section 298.2 or 298.18, or for radon 1 31 testing pursuant to section 279.39A, the board of directors may 1 32 approve a revenue purpose statement for that purpose without 1 33 submitting the revenue purpose statement to a vote of the 1 34 electors. 1 35 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 2 1 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 2 2 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act may be 2 3 paid by a school district from a physical plant and equipment 2 4 levy under chapter 298, as amended by this Act, the secure 2 5 an advanced vision for education fund under chapter 423F, as 2 6 amended by this Act, or a modified supplemental amount under 2 7 section 257.31, subsection 6. This specification of the 2 8 payment of the state cost shall be deemed to meet all of the 2 9 state funding=related requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 2 10 3, and no additional state funding shall be necessary for the 2 11 full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of this Act 2 12 against all affected school districts. 2 13 EXPLANATION 2 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 16 This bill requires the board of directors of each public 2 17 school district to provide for short=term testing and retesting 2 18 for radon gas at each attendance center under its control. 2 19 The rules relating to the testing are to be adopted by the 2 20 departments of education and public health. 2 21 The bill adds radon testing pursuant to the bill to the list 2 22 of permissible uses of a physical plant and equipment levy and 2 23 revenues from the secure an advanced vision for education fund 2 24 by a school district. 2 25 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 2 26 section 25B.3. The bill provides that the cost of any state 2 27 mandate included in the bill may be paid by a school district 2 28 from a physical plant and equipment levy under Code chapter 2 29 298, as amended by the bill, the secure an advanced vision for 2 30 education fund under Code chapter 423F, as amended by the bill, 2 31 or a modified supplemental amount under Code section 257.31, 2 32 subsection 6. The specification is deemed to constitute state 2 33 compliance with any state mandate funding=related requirements 2 34 of Code section 25B.2. The inclusion of this specification is 2 35 intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions 3 1 to comply with any state mandates included in the bill. LSB 2569HV (2) 86 je/sc
