House File 327 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 327 BY STAED A BILL FOR An Act relating to short-term testing and retesting for radon 1 gas at public school district attendance centers, making an 2 appropriation, and including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2293YH (4) 86 aw/sc

H.F. 327 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.39A Radon testing. 1 1. For purposes of this section, “short-term test” means 2 a test approved by the department of public health in which a 3 testing device remains in an area for not less than two days 4 and not more than ninety days to determine the amount of radon 5 in the air that is acceptable for human inhalation. 6 2. The board of directors of each public school district 7 shall provide for short-term testing and retesting for radon 8 gas to be performed at each attendance center under its control 9 and following any new construction of an attendance center or 10 additions, renovations, or repairs to an attendance center. 11 3. a. The department of public health and the department 12 of education shall each adopt rules to jointly administer this 13 section. 14 b. In consultation with appropriate stakeholders, the 15 department of public health shall adopt rules establishing 16 standards for radon testing at attendance centers. Such 17 standards shall include but are not limited to training 18 requirements for persons to conduct such testing and best 19 practices for conducting such testing. 20 Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION —— FY 2014-2015. 21 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 22 to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning 23 July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amounts, 24 or so much thereof as is necessary, for purposes of providing 25 reimbursement to public school districts that conduct radon 26 testing or retesting pursuant to section 279.39A, as enacted 27 in this Act: 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 29 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 30 unobligated moneys from the appropriation made in this section 31 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure 32 for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year 33 beginning July 1, 2018. 34 Sec. 3. REPORTING. 35 -1- LSB 2293YH (4) 86 aw/sc 1/ 3

H.F. 327 1. On or before January 15 of each year, the department 1 of education shall report to the legislative services agency 2 and the department of management the status of all testing 3 authorized in this Act that is completed or in progress. The 4 report shall include a description of the testing, the progress 5 of work completed, the total estimated cost of the testing, a 6 list of all revenue sources being used to fund the testing, the 7 amount of funds expended, the amount of funds obligated, and 8 the date the testing was completed or an estimated completion 9 date of the testing, where applicable. 10 2. On or before December 31 of each year, a recipient 11 of moneys appropriated in this Act shall report to the 12 department of education the status of all testing completed or 13 in progress. The report shall include a description of the 14 testing, the progress of work completed, the total estimated 15 cost of the testing, a list of all revenue sources being used 16 to fund the testing, the amount of funds expended, the amount 17 of funds obligated, and the date the testing was completed or 18 an estimated completion date of the testing, where applicable. 19 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 20 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, one million dollars is 21 specified as the state cost of requiring compliance with any 22 state mandate included in this Act. This specification of 23 the amount of the state cost shall be deemed to meet all the 24 state funding-related requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 25 3, and no specific state funding shall be necessary for the 26 full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of this Act 27 against all affected political subdivisions. 28 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 29 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 30 EXPLANATION 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 32 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 33 This bill requires the board of directors of each public 34 school district to provide for short-term testing and 35 -2- LSB 2293YH (4) 86 aw/sc 2/ 3

H.F. 327 retesting for radon gas at each attendance center under its 1 control. The rules relating to the testing are to be adopted 2 by the departments of education and public health. The 3 bill appropriates moneys to the department of education for 4 providing reimbursement to public school districts that conduct 5 radon testing or retesting. The bill includes reporting and 6 reversion provisions. 7 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 8 section 25B.3. The bill includes a specification of the amount 9 of the state cost of any state mandate included in the bill. 10 The specification is deemed to constitute state compliance with 11 any state mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 12 25B.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to 13 reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply 14 with any state mandates included in the bill. 15 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 16 -3- LSB 2293YH (4) 86 aw/sc 3/ 3