Bill Text: NY S08039 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires annual radon testing of developmental disabilities schools.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-13 - PRINT NUMBER 8039A [S08039 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S08039-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8039--A
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 7, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring annual
          radon testing of schools
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  16.11  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
     3    (g) The commissioner shall require annual radon testing of schools, as
     4  defined in subdivision eleven of section 1.03 of  this  chapter.    Such
     5  testing shall be performed by a trained and certified, independent enti-
     6  ty.
     7    (1)  Where  radon  levels  exceed 4 pCi/L, corrective actions shall be
     8  taken within  thirty  days  by  trained  and  certified  specialists  to
     9  successfully reduce the radon level below 4 pCi/L.
    10    (2)  Where  radon  levels  exceed  8 pCi/L, corrective action shall be
    11  taken within fourteen days  by  trained  and  certified  specialists  to
    12  successfully reduce the radon level below 4 pCi/L.
    13    (3)  Each  school  must post their annual test results online. Results
    14  shall be posted prior to and following any actions taken to reduce radon
    15  are completed. If no corrective actions are  necessary,  proof  of  such
    16  shall be posted.
    17    (4)  A  comprehensive  report  including  the  test  results  from all
    18  schools, as defined in subdivision eleven of section 1.03 of this  chap-
    19  ter,  shall  be provided to the governor, the temporary president of the
    20  senate, and the speaker of the assembly no later than the  fifteenth  of
    21  January each year and shall be posted online by the same date.
    22    §  2.  Within 120 days of the effective date of this act, all schools,
    23  as defined in subdivision 11 of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene  law,
    24  shall have had their first annual radon test completed.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15057-04-6