Senate Amendment 5180
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2335 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, community
1 34 colleges, institutions under the control of the
1 35 state board of regents, and state agencies utilizing
1 36 state buildings, are encouraged to conform to an
1 37 environmentally preferable cleaning policy designed
1 38 to facilitate the purchase and use of environmentally
1 39 preferable cleaning and maintenance products for
1 40 purposes of public school, community college,
1 41 regents institution, and state building cleaning and
1 42 maintenance.
1 43 b. Each school district, community college,
1 44 institution under the control of the state board of
1 45 regents, or state agency utilizing public buildings
1 46 shall conduct an evaluation and assessment regarding
1 47 implementation of an environmentally preferable
1 48 cleaning policy pursuant to this section. On or
1 49 after July 1, 2012, all state agencies, and all school
1 50 districts, community colleges, and institutions under
2 1 the control of the state board of regents which have
2 2 not opted out of compliance pursuant to paragraph "c",
2 3 shall purchase only cleaning and maintenance products
2 4 identified by the department or that meet nationally
2 5 recognized standards. School districts, community
2 6 colleges, institutions under the control of the state
2 7 board of regents, and state agencies procuring supplies
2 8 for schools and state buildings may deplete their
2 9 existing cleaning and maintenance supply stocks and
2 10 implement the new requirements in the procurement
2 11 cycle for the following year. This section shall not
2 12 be interpreted in a manner that prohibits the use of
2 13 disinfectants, disinfecting cleaners, sanitizers,
2 14 or any other antimicrobial product regulated by the
2 15 federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7
2 16 U.S.C. { 136 et seq., when necessary to protect public
2 17 health and provided that the use of these products
2 18 is in accordance with responsible cleaning procedure
2 19 requirements.
2 20 c. A school district, community college, or
2 21 institution under the control of the state board of
2 22 regents may, based upon the evaluation and assessment
2 23 conducted pursuant to paragraph "b", opt out of
2 24 compliance with the requirements of this section,
2 25 upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members
2 26 of the board of directors of the school district or
2 27 a determination by the president of the community
2 28 college or by the president or administrative officer
2 29 of the regents institution. A school district,
2 30 community college, or regents institution opting out of
2 31 compliance pursuant to this paragraph shall notify the
2 32 department of education, the state board for community
2 33 colleges, or the state board of regents, respectively,
2 34 of this decision.
2 35 4. Information requirements == department internet
2 36 site. The department shall provide information on the
2 37 department's internet site regarding environmentally
2 38 preferable cleaning and maintenance products used
2 39 by the department. The department may also provide
2 40 information regarding other cleaning and maintenance
2 41 products that the department is aware of that meet
2 42 nationally recognized standards. Information shall
2 43 also be provided, at the discretion of the department,
2 44 regarding the nationally recognized standards and the
2 45 entity establishing the standards.>
2 46 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and
2 47 inserting <An Act requiring public schools, community
2 48 colleges, institutions under the control of the state
2 49 board of regents, and state agencies to comply with an
2 50 environmentally preferable cleaning and maintenance
3 1 policy unless specified conditions for noncompliance
3 2 are satisfied.>
AMANDA RAGAN
SF2335.1765 (3) 83
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