Bill Text: IA HF2412 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring radon testing and mitigation in public schools, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2264.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-24 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 940. [HF2412 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2412-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
REQUIRING
RADON
TESTING
AND
MITIGATION
IN
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS,
AND
INCLUDING
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.32
Radon
testing
and
mitigation.
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“short-term
test”
means
a
test
using
a
device
that
remains
in
an
area
for
two
to
seven
days
to
determine
the
amount
of
radon
in
the
air.
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
public
school
district
shall
establish
a
radon
plan
and
schedule
for
short-term
tests
for
radon
gas
to
be
performed
at
each
attendance
center
under
its
control
at
least
once
by
July
1,
2027,
and
at
least
once
every
five
years
thereafter.
Each
school
district
shall
publish
testing
results
on
the
district’s
internet
site
in
a
timely
manner.
3.
Radon
testing
pursuant
to
this
section
conducted
on
and
after
July
1,
2022,
shall
be
conducted
by
a
person
certified
to
conduct
such
testing
pursuant
to
section
136B.1
or
by
district
employees
that
have
completed
a
school
radon
testing
training
program
approved
by
the
department
of
education
and
the
department
of
public
health.
District
employees
that
have
completed
training
shall
not
perform
testing
services
in
locations
other
than
the
employee’s
employing
district.
The
department
of
public
health
shall
maintain
and
make
available
to
school
districts
a
list
of
such
approved
school
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2
radon
testing
training
programs.
Testing
shall
be
based
on
recognized
national
standards
that
outline
school
radon
testing
practices.
4.
a.
If
the
results
of
a
short-term
test
at
an
attendance
center
are
at
or
above
four
picocuries
per
liter,
the
board
of
directors
of
the
public
school
district
shall
conduct
a
second
short-term
test
for
radon
gas
and
radon
decay
products
in
the
spaces
with
elevated
results
within
sixty
days
of
the
first
test.
b.
If
the
averaged
results
of
the
first
and
second
tests
at
an
attendance
center
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
are
at
or
above
four
picocuries
per
liter,
the
board
of
directors
of
the
public
school
district
shall
retain
or
employ
a
person
credentialed
pursuant
to
section
136B.1
to
develop
a
radon
mitigation
plan
that
may
include
further
diagnostic
testing,
corrective
measures,
and
active
mitigation.
The
board
shall
complete
the
radon
mitigation
plan
within
two
years
of
the
first
test.
A
district
is
not
required
to
mitigate
radon
at
an
attendance
center
if
the
district
intends
to
abandon
the
building
within
five
years
or
has
a
plan
to
renovate
the
attendance
center
within
five
years
and
the
renovation
will
include
radon
mitigation.
5.
All
new
school
construction
shall
incorporate
radon
resistant
construction
techniques.
6.
In
consultation
with
appropriate
stakeholders
and
the
department
of
education,
the
department
of
public
health
shall
adopt
rules
to
administer
this
section.
Sec.
2.
Section
423F.3,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
If
the
board
of
directors
adopts
a
resolution
to
use
funds
received
under
the
operation
of
this
chapter
solely
for
providing
property
tax
relief
by
reducing
indebtedness
from
the
levies
specified
under
section
298.2
or
298.18
,
or
for
radon
testing
pursuant
to
section
280.32,
the
board
of
directors
may
approve
a
revenue
purpose
statement
for
that
purpose
without
submitting
the
revenue
purpose
statement
to
a
vote
of
the
electors.
Sec.
3.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
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3
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16
or
revenues
from
the
secure
an
advanced
vision
for
education
fund
under
section
423F.3.
This
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
districts.
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
Section
423F.3,
subsection
8,
does
not
apply
to
this
Act.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2412,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
