Bill Text: IA HF2412 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a school radon testing and mitigation grant program and making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-26 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 340. [HF2412 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2412-Introduced.html
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BY
KAJTAZOVIC
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
school
radon
testing
and
mitigation
grant
1
program
and
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.25
School
radon
testing
and
1
mitigation
grant
program.
2
1.
A
school
radon
testing
and
mitigation
grant
program
3
is
established
in
the
department
to
award
grants
to
school
4
districts
for
purposes
of
radon
testing
and
mitigation
5
at
attendance
centers.
The
department
of
education
shall
6
administer
the
program
in
collaboration
with
the
department
of
7
public
health.
8
2.
A
school
district
awarded
a
grant
in
accordance
with
this
9
section
for
purposes
of
radon
testing
shall
retain
a
person
10
certified
pursuant
to
section
136B.1
to
conduct
the
testing.
11
A
school
district
awarded
a
grant
in
accordance
with
this
12
section
for
purposes
of
radon
mitigation
shall
retain
a
person
13
credentialed
to
perform
radon
abatement
measures
pursuant
to
14
section
136B.1
to
conduct
the
mitigation.
Radon
testing
and
15
radon
mitigation
funded
by
a
grant
from
the
program
shall
be
16
conducted
as
prescribed
by
the
department
of
public
health.
17
3.
The
department
of
education
shall
develop
grant
18
application,
selection,
and
evaluation
criteria.
Such
criteria
19
shall
include
but
are
not
limited
to
the
results
of
any
20
previous
radon
testing
and
mitigation
conducted
at
attendance
21
centers
in
the
school
district;
the
financial
need
of
the
22
school
district
as
determined
by
criteria
including
but
not
23
limited
to
the
budget
enrollment
of
a
school
district
and
24
the
extent
to
which
a
school
district’s
adjusted
additional
25
property
tax
levy
rate
exceeds
the
statewide
maximum
adjusted
26
additional
property
tax
levy
rate,
as
calculated
under
section
27
257.15,
subsection
4;
and
the
amount
of
any
commitment
of
28
matching
funds
by
the
school
district.
A
school
district
29
shall
not
be
eligible
for
a
grant
for
the
purpose
of
radon
30
mitigation
at
an
attendance
center
unless
the
results
of
a
31
radon
test
conducted
at
the
attendance
center
were
at
or
above
32
four
picocuries
per
liter.
33
4.
The
amount
of
a
grant
awarded
in
accordance
with
this
34
section
shall
not
exceed
fifty
thousand
dollars
per
school
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district.
1
5.
The
department
of
education
and
the
department
of
public
2
health
shall
each
adopt
rules
to
administer
this
section.
3
Sec.
2.
APPROPRIATION.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
4
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
5
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
and
ending
June
6
30,
2015,
the
following
amount,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
7
designated:
8
For
the
awarding
of
grants
from
the
school
radon
testing
and
9
mitigation
grant
program
established
in
section
256.25:
10
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$
1,000,000
11
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
in
this
12
section
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
of
13
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
14
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated
until
the
close
of
the
15
succeeding
fiscal
year.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
establishes
a
school
radon
testing
and
mitigation
20
grant
program
in
the
department
of
education
for
purposes
21
of
radon
testing
and
mitigation
at
attendance
centers.
The
22
program
will
be
administered
by
the
department
of
education
in
23
collaboration
with
the
department
of
public
health.
24
A
school
district
that
receives
a
grant
for
radon
testing
25
must
retain
a
person
certified
by
the
department
of
public
26
health
to
conduct
the
testing.
A
school
district
that
receives
27
a
grant
for
radon
mitigation
must
retain
a
person
credentialed
28
to
perform
radon
abatement
measures
by
the
department
of
public
29
health
to
conduct
the
mitigation.
Radon
testing
and
radon
30
mitigation
funded
by
a
grant
from
the
program
must
be
conducted
31
as
prescribed
by
the
department
of
public
health.
32
The
department
of
education
must
develop
grant
application,
33
selection,
and
evaluation
criteria.
Such
criteria
must
include
34
but
are
not
limited
to
the
results
of
any
previous
radon
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testing
and
mitigation
conducted
at
attendance
centers
in
the
1
school
district;
the
financial
need
of
the
school
district
2
as
determined
by
certain
criteria;
and
the
amount
of
any
3
commitment
of
matching
funds
by
the
school
district.
A
school
4
district
can
only
be
eligible
for
a
grant
for
the
purpose
of
5
radon
mitigation
at
an
attendance
center
if
results
of
a
radon
6
test
conducted
at
the
attendance
center
were
at
or
above
four
7
picocuries
per
liter.
8
The
amount
of
a
grant
cannot
exceed
$50,000
per
school
9
district.
10
The
bill
appropriates
$1
million
to
the
department
of
11
education
for
fiscal
year
2014-2015
to
be
used
for
school
radon
12
testing
and
mitigation
grants.
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