Senate Bill S1944

2011-2012 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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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S1944 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3641, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S4331

2011-S1944 (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, 2014.

2011-S1944 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1944

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

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  OF  TWO  THOUSAND  SEVEN.  THE  REPORT  SHALL
REFLECT  THE  RESULTS OF INSPECTIONS OF ALL SCHOOL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED
OR RENOVATED PRIOR TO NINETEEN HUNDRED  EIGHTY  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE
TESTING  OF  ALL BUILDING SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS INSTALLED PRIOR TO NINE-
TEEN HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  ALL  TRANSFOR-
MERS,  TRANSISTORS, CAPACITORS, LIGHT BALLASTS, HEAT TRANSFER EQUIPMENT,
HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, PAINT,
EXPANSION 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 DEPARTMENT 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 FOURTEEN.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
POST  THE  REPORT  PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A TIMELY MANNER ON

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06656-01-1

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