Bill Text: NY S01944 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires school districts in a city with one million or more to investigate and report on the status of PCB's in school buildings; report to be submitted to the commissioner by January 1, next succeeding the close of the school year in which the inspection was conducted with all buildings being inspected by January 1, 2014.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-14 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01944 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01944-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  school
         districts  in  a city of one million or more to investigate and report
         on the status of polychlorinated biphenyls
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  3641 of the education law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
    3    E. SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN A CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE  SHALL  TEST  FOR
    4  THE  PRESENCE  OF  POLYCHLORINATED  BIPHENYLS (PCBS) CONTAINED IN SCHOOL
    5  BUILDINGS AND SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER A REPORT ON  THE  STATUS.
    6  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  BE  IN  THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND
    7  SHALL MEET THE PROTOCOL FOR ADDRESSING POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS ADOPTED
    8  BY THE DEPARTMENT IN JUNE  OF  TWO  THOUSAND  SEVEN.  THE  REPORT  SHALL
    9  REFLECT  THE  RESULTS OF INSPECTIONS OF ALL SCHOOL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED
   10  OR RENOVATED PRIOR TO NINETEEN HUNDRED  EIGHTY  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE
   11  TESTING  OF  ALL BUILDING SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS INSTALLED PRIOR TO NINE-
   12  TEEN HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  ALL  TRANSFOR-
   13  MERS,  TRANSISTORS, CAPACITORS, LIGHT BALLASTS, HEAT TRANSFER EQUIPMENT,
   14  HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, PAINT,
   15  EXPANSION JOINT CAULKING AND DOOR AND WINDOW  CAULKING  AND  MORTAR  AND
   16  MASONRY  ADJACENT  TO  CAULKING,  AS  WELL  AS SOIL IN AND AROUND SCHOOL
   17  BUILDINGS.  SUCH TESTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY A LABORATORY CERTIFIED BY
   18  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE
   19  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW. THE STATE SHALL REIMBURSE EACH SCHOOL IN THE AMOUNT
   20  OF FIFTY DOLLARS PER SAMPLE.   SUCH REPORT SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED  TO  THE
   21  COMMISSIONER  BY  JANUARY  FIRST NEXT SUCCEEDING THE CLOSE OF THE SCHOOL
   22  YEAR IN WHICH THE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED,  WITH  ALL  BUILDINGS  BEING
   23  INSPECTED BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
   24  POST  THE  REPORT  PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A TIMELY MANNER ON
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06656-01-1
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    1  ITS WEBSITE.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO MAKE AVAILABLE  ON  ITS  WEBSITE
    2  INSPECTION  AND  TEST RESULTS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BUILDING AS THE
    3  TESTS ARE COMPLETED ON A SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL BASIS. PCB  RESULTS  SHALL  BE
    4  SENT  TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE DEPART-
    5  MENT OF HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, THE SCHOOL'S ADMIN-
    6  ISTRATION AND THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND SUCH SCHOOL.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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