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Senate Bill S4331

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires school districts in a city with one million or more to investigate and report on the status of PCBs in school buildings

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2009-S4331 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3641, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S1944

2009-S4331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts in a city with one million or more to investigate and report on the status of PCB's in school buildings; report to be submitted to the commissioner by January 1, next succeeding the close of the school year in which the inspection was conducted with all buildings being inspected by January 1, 2012.

2009-S4331 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4331

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  school
  districts  in  a city of one million or more to investigate and report
  on the status of polychlorinated biphenyls

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  3641 of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
  E. SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN A CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE  SHALL  TEST  FOR
THE  PRESENCE  OF  POLYCHLORINATED  BIPHENYLS (PCBS) CONTAINED IN SCHOOL
BUILDINGS AND SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER A REPORT ON  THE  STATUS.
SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  BE  IN  THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND
SHALL MEET THE PROTOCOL FOR ADDRESSING POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS ADOPTED
BY THE DEPARTMENT IN JUNE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN. THE REPORT  SHALL  REFLECT
THE  RESULTS OF INSPECTIONS OF ALL SCHOOL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED OR RENO-
VATED PRIOR TO NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY AND SHALL INCLUDE THE TESTING  OF
ALL  BUILDING  SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS INSTALLED PRIOR TO NINETEEN HUNDRED
NINETY-SEVEN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL  TRANSFORMERS,  TRANSIS-
TORS,  CAPACITORS,  LIGHT  BALLASTS,  HEAT  TRANSFER EQUIPMENT, HEATING,
VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS,  PAINT,  EXPAN-
SION  JOINT CAULKING AND DOOR AND WINDOW CAULKING AND MORTAR AND MASONRY
ADJACENT TO CAULKING, AS WELL AS SOIL IN AND  AROUND  SCHOOL  BUILDINGS.
SUCH TESTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY A LABORATORY CERTIFIED BY THE DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
LAW.  THE  STATE  SHALL  REIMBURSE  EACH  SCHOOL  IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY
DOLLARS PER SAMPLE.  SUCH REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE  COMMISSIONER
BY  JANUARY  FIRST NEXT SUCCEEDING THE CLOSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH
THE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED, WITH  ALL  BUILDINGS  BEING  INSPECTED  BY
JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWELVE.    THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST THE
REPORT PROVIDED BY THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  A  TIMELY  MANNER  ON  ITS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06631-01-9

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