Senate File 240 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act related to chromated copper arsenate treated wood and
  2    providing a penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2420SS 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.151  CHROMATED COPPER
  1  2 ARSENATE TREATED WOOD.
  1  3    The department shall collect and disseminate information
  1  4 regarding the possible negative health effects of exposure to
  1  5 wood and wood=like products treated with chromated copper
  1  6 arsenate and formulate recommendations regarding precautions
  1  7 which should be taken to prevent exposure to arsenic and other
  1  8 pesticidal compounds in the treated wood.  The department
  1  9 shall publish the information in a format that can be easily
  1 10 duplicated and distributed by wholesalers and retailers of
  1 11 chromated copper arsenate treated wood and wood=like products
  1 12 pursuant to section 206.26 and shall also provide the
  1 13 information on the department's official website.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  206.26  CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE
  1 15 TREATED WOOD.
  1 16    A wholesaler or retailer of chromated copper arsenate
  1 17 treated wood or wood=like products in this state shall
  1 18 conspicuously post a notice that the wholesaler or retailer
  1 19 sells chromated copper arsenate treated wood or wood=like
  1 20 products at or near the point of display or customer selection
  1 21 of such treated wood or wood=like products.  The notice shall
  1 22 be in at least twenty=two point type and shall include a
  1 23 telephone number for the Iowa department of public health at
  1 24 which a customer can obtain additional information regarding
  1 25 possible negative health effects of exposure to chromated
  1 26 copper arsenate treated wood or wood=like products.  A
  1 27 wholesaler or retailer of chromated copper arsenate treated
  1 28 wood or wood=like products shall also provide information
  1 29 produced by the Iowa department of public health pursuant to
  1 30 section 135.151 in a conspicuous location readily available to
  1 31 customers.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill relates to the dissemination of information
  1 34 concerning chromated copper arsenate treated wood.  The bill
  1 35 provides that the Iowa department of public health shall
  2  1 collect and disseminate information regarding possible
  2  2 negative health effects of exposure to wood treated with
  2  3 chromated copper arsenate, a chemical mixture of arsenic,
  2  4 chromium, and copper.  The bill requires the department to
  2  5 publish the information for distribution by wholesalers and
  2  6 retailers of chromated copper arsenate treated wood and to
  2  7 place the information on the department's website.
  2  8    The bill provides that a wholesale or retail seller of
  2  9 chromated copper arsenate treated wood shall post a notice
  2 10 that the wholesaler or retailer sells chromated copper
  2 11 arsenate treated wood at a location near the display of the
  2 12 wood.  The notice must include a telephone number for
  2 13 customers to contact the Iowa department of public health for
  2 14 more information about the health effects of chromated copper
  2 15 arsenate treated wood and be printed in at least a 22 point
  2 16 type.  A wholesale or retail seller must also provide
  2 17 information prepared by the department about chromated copper
  2 18 arsenate treated wood.  Failure to post the notice is a
  2 19 serious misdemeanor.  A serious misdemeanor is punishable by
  2 20 confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least
  2 21 $250 but not more than $1,000.
  2 22 LSB 2420SS 81
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