House File 568 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY FORD Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the testing of private water supply wells for 2 arsenic. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 3005HH 81 5 tm/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 135.11, subsection 29, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 29. Administer annual grants to county boards of health 1 4 for the purpose of conducting programs for the testing of 1 5 private water supply wells, the closing of abandoned private 1 6 water supply wells, and the renovation or rehabilitation of 1 7 private water supply wells. Grants shall be funded through 1 8 moneys transferred to the department from the agriculture 1 9 management account of the groundwater protection fund pursuant 1 10 to section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph "b", subparagraph 1 11 (3), subparagraph subdivision (b). The department shall adopt 1 12 rules relating to the awarding of the grants. A grant 1 13 recipient shall be required to include testing for arsenic 1 14 whenever testing is conducted on private water supply wells. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill relates to testing private water supply wells for 1 17 arsenic. 1 18 Currently, the department of public health administers an 1 19 annual grant program for purposes of providing grants to 1 20 county boards of health for the purpose of conducting programs 1 21 for the testing of private water supply wells, the closing of 1 22 abandoned private water supply wells, and the renovation or 1 23 rehabilitation of private water supply wells. The bill 1 24 requires that a grant recipient shall be required to include 1 25 testing for arsenic whenever testing is conducted on private 1 26 water supply wells. 1 27 LSB 3005HH 81 1 28 tm:nh/gg/14