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