Senate
File
413
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
413
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1155)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
allowable
disclosures
of
radon
testing
1
results.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
136B.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
A
person
shall
not
disclose
to
any
other
person,
except
3
to
the
department,
the
results
of
a
test
or
the
address
or
4
the
name
of
the
owner
of
a
nonpublic
building
that
the
person
5
tested
for
the
presence
of
radon
gas
and
radon
progeny,
unless
6
the
owner
of
the
building
waives,
in
writing,
this
right
of
7
confidentiality.
However,
a
person
certified
or
credentialed
8
pursuant
to
section
136B.1
may
disclose
the
results
of
a
test
9
performed
by
the
person
for
the
presence
of
radon
and
radon
10
progeny
to
a
potential
buyer
of
a
nonpublic
building
when
11
an
offer
to
purchase
has
been
presented
by
the
buyer
and
if
12
the
potential
buyer
paid
for
the
testing.
Any
test
results
13
disclosed
shall
be
results
of
a
test
performed
within
the
five
14
years
prior
to
the
date
of
the
disclosure.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
136B.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2015,
is
amended
16
to
read
as
follows:
17
2.
a.
Notwithstanding
the
requirements
of
this
section
,
18
disclosure
to
any
person
of
the
results
of
a
test
performed
19
on
a
nonpublic
building
for
the
presence
of
radon
gas
and
20
radon
progeny
is
not
required
if
the
results
do
not
exceed
the
21
currently
established
United
States
environmental
protection
22
agency
action
guidelines
,
except
as
required
during
a
real
23
estate
transaction
pursuant
to
section
558A.4,
subsection
2
.
24
b.
A
person
who
tests
a
nonpublic
building
which
the
person
25
owns
is
not
required
to
disclose
to
any
person
the
results
of
26
a
test
for
the
presence
of
radon
gas
or
progeny
if
the
test
27
is
performed
by
the
person
who
owns
the
nonpublic
building
,
28
except
as
required
during
a
real
estate
transaction
pursuant
to
29
section
558A.4,
subsection
2
.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
allowable
disclosures
of
radon
34
testing
results.
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
certified
or
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credentialed
pursuant
to
Code
section
136B.1
may
disclose
the
1
results
of
radon
testing
to
a
potential
buyer
of
a
nonpublic
2
building
when
an
offer
to
purchase
has
been
presented
by
the
3
buyer
and
the
buyer
paid
for
the
testing.
The
bill
makes
4
additional
technical
changes.
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