Senate File 265 - Introduced



                                     SENATE FILE       
                                     BY  COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND
                                         BUSINESS RELATIONS

                                         (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1192)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to asbestos removal and encapsulation regulations
  2    as enforced by the labor commissioner.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1349SV 82
  5 ak/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 88B.1, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  "Asbestos project" means an activity involving the
  1  4 removal or encapsulation of asbestos and affecting a building
  1  5 or structure.  "Asbestos project" includes the preparation of
  1  6 the project site through the transportation of the
  1  7 asbestos=containing materials off the premises.  "Asbestos
  1  8 project" includes the removal or encapsulation of building
  1  9 materials containing asbestos from the site of a building or
  1 10 structure demolition or collapse.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 88B.11, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1 12 follows:
  1 13    88B.11  BIDS FOR GOVERNMENTAL PROJECTS.
  1 14    A state agency or political subdivision shall not accept a
  1 15 bid in connection with any asbestos project from a business
  1 16 entity that does not hold a permit from the division at the
  1 17 time the bid is submitted, unless the business entity provides
  1 18 the state agency or political subdivision with written proof
  1 19 that ensures that the business entity has contracted to have
  1 20 the asbestos removal or encapsulation performed by a licensed
  1 21 contractor.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill redefines an asbestos project as an asbestos
  1 24 removal or encapsulation activity that affects a building or
  1 25 structure, and includes removing materials containing asbestos
  1 26 from the site of a demolition or collapse.  An asbestos
  1 27 project is further defined as including the preparation of the
  1 28 site through the transportation of the asbestos=containing
  1 29 materials from the site.
  1 30    The bill allows a state agency or political subdivision to
  1 31 accept a bid for an asbestos project if the business entity
  1 32 making the bid contracts to have the work done by a licensed
  1 33 asbestos contractor.
  1 34 LSB 1349SV 82
  1 35 ak:rj/je/5