Senate
File
2262
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
2262
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2127)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
4,
2014
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
radon
testing
in
public
schools
and
including
1
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.30
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
establish
a
schedule
for
a
short-term
testing
for
radon
8
gas
to
be
performed
at
each
attendance
center
under
its
control
9
at
least
once
by
June
30,
2016,
and
at
least
once
every
ten
10
years
thereafter,
and
following
any
new
construction
of
an
11
attendance
center
or
additions,
renovations,
or
repairs
to
an
12
attendance
center.
13
3.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
public
school
district
14
shall
submit
the
results
of
each
radon
test
conducted
at
an
15
attendance
center
pursuant
to
this
section
to
the
department
16
of
public
health
within
five
days.
The
department
of
public
17
health
shall
publish
the
submitted
results
on
the
department’s
18
internet
site
for
public
review
and
shall
provide
the
submitted
19
results
to
the
department
of
education.
20
4.
Radon
testing
pursuant
to
this
section
conducted
on
and
21
after
July
1,
2016,
shall
be
conducted
as
prescribed
by
the
22
department
of
public
health
and
shall
be
conducted
by
a
person
23
certified
to
conduct
such
testing
pursuant
to
section
136B.1.
24
The
department
of
public
health
shall
maintain
and
make
25
available
to
school
districts
a
list
of
such
certified
persons.
26
5.
a.
The
department
of
public
health
and
the
department
27
of
education
shall
each
adopt
rules
to
jointly
administer
this
28
section.
29
b.
In
consultation
with
appropriate
stakeholders,
the
30
department
of
public
health
shall
adopt
rules
establishing
31
standards
for
radon
testing
at
attendance
centers
pursuant
to
32
this
Act
by
July
1,
2016.
Such
standards
shall
include
but
are
33
not
limited
to
training
requirements
for
persons
certified
by
34
the
department
to
conduct
such
testing
and
best
practices
for
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conducting
such
testing.
1
Sec.
2.
Section
298.3,
subsection
1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
2
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
3
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
n.
Radon
testing
pursuant
to
section
280.30.
4
Sec.
3.
Section
423F.3,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
5
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
a.
If
the
board
of
directors
adopts
a
resolution
to
use
7
funds
received
under
the
operation
of
this
chapter
solely
for
8
providing
property
tax
relief
by
reducing
indebtedness
from
the
9
levies
specified
under
section
298.2
or
298.18
,
or
for
radon
10
testing
pursuant
to
section
280.30,
the
board
of
directors
may
11
approve
a
revenue
purpose
statement
for
that
purpose
without
12
submitting
the
revenue
purpose
statement
to
a
vote
of
the
13
electors.
14
Sec.
4.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
15
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
16
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
17
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
18
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
19
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
20
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
21
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
22
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
23
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
24
districts.
25
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
Section
423F.3,
subsection
7,
shall
26
not
apply
to
this
Act.
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