House Amendment 8088
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 823 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting clause
1 3 and inserting:
1 4 <Section 1. NEW SECTION. 8A.318 Building cleaning
1 5 and maintenance == environmentally preferable cleaning
1 6 products.
1 7 1. Findings and intent. The general assembly finds
1 8 that human beings are vulnerable to and may be severely
1 9 affected by exposure to chemicals, hazardous waste, and
1 10 other environmental hazards. The federal environmental
1 11 protection agency estimates that human exposure to
1 12 indoor air pollutants can be two to five times, and
1 13 up to one hundred times, higher than outdoor levels.
1 14 Children, teachers, janitors, and other staff members
1 15 spend a significant amount of time inside school
1 16 buildings. Likewise, state employees and citizens of
1 17 this state spend a significant amount of time inside
1 18 state buildings. These individuals are continuously
1 19 exposed to chemicals from cleaners, waxes, deodorizers,
1 20 and other maintenance products.
1 21 2. Definitions. As used in this section, unless
1 22 the context otherwise requires:
1 23 a. "Environmentally preferable cleaning and
1 24 maintenance products" includes but is not limited to
1 25 cleaning and maintenance products identified by the
1 26 department and posted on the department's internet
1 27 site.
1 28 b. "State building" means a public facility or
1 29 building owned by or leased by the state, or an agency
1 30 or department of the state.
1 31 3. Use of environmentally preferable cleaning and
1 32 maintenance products.
1 33 a. All school districts in this state, and state
1 34 agencies utilizing state buildings, are encouraged
1 35 to conform to an environmentally preferable cleaning
1 36 policy designed to facilitate the purchase and use of
1 37 environmentally preferable cleaning and maintenance
1 38 products for purposes of public school and state
1 39 building cleaning and maintenance.
1 40 b. Each school district or state agency utilizing
1 41 public buildings shall conduct an evaluation
1 42 and assessment regarding implementation of an
1 43 environmentally preferable cleaning policy pursuant
1 44 to this section. On or after July 1, 2012, all state
1 45 agencies, other than an institution under the control
1 46 of the state board of regents, and all school districts
1 47 and institutions under the control of the state board
1 48 of regents which have not opted out of compliance
1 49 pursuant to paragraph "c", shall purchase only cleaning
1 50 and maintenance products identified by the department
2 1 or that meet nationally recognized standards. School
2 2 districts and state agencies procuring supplies
2 3 for schools and state buildings may deplete their
2 4 existing cleaning and maintenance supply stocks and
2 5 implement the new requirements in the procurement
2 6 cycle for the following year. This section shall not
2 7 be interpreted in a manner that prohibits the use of
2 8 disinfectants, disinfecting cleaners, sanitizers,
2 9 or any other antimicrobial product regulated by the
2 10 federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7
2 11 U.S.C. { 136 et seq., when necessary to protect public
2 12 health and provided that the use of these products
2 13 is in accordance with responsible cleaning procedure
2 14 requirements.
2 15 c. A school district or institution under the
2 16 control of the state board of regents may, based upon
2 17 the evaluation and assessment conducted pursuant
2 18 to paragraph "b", opt out of compliance with the
2 19 requirements of this section, upon the affirmative
2 20 vote of a majority of the members of the board of
2 21 directors of the school district or a determination by
2 22 the president or administrative officer of the regents
2 23 institution. A school district or regents institution
2 24 opting out of compliance pursuant to this paragraph
2 25 shall notify the department of education, or the state
2 26 board of regents, respectively, of this decision.
2 27 4. Information requirements == department internet
2 28 site. The department shall provide information on the
2 29 department's internet site regarding environmentally
2 30 preferable cleaning and maintenance products used
2 31 by the department. The department may also provide
2 32 information regarding other cleaning and maintenance
2 33 products that the department is aware of that meet
2 34 nationally recognized standards. Information shall
2 35 also be provided, at the discretion of the department,
2 36 regarding the nationally recognized standards and the
2 37 entity establishing the standards.>
2 38 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and
2 39 inserting <An Act requiring public schools and state
2 40 agencies to comply with an environmentally preferable
2 41 cleaning and maintenance policy unless specified
2 42 conditions for noncompliance are satisfied.>
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIOND. OLSON of Boone, Chairperson
HF823.941 (2) 83
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