Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00814 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 814
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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20	19		AN ACT REQUIRING BOA RDS OF EDUCATION TO CONDUCT
21	20		TESTING OF WATER SUP PLIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE
22	21		PRESENCE OF LEAD.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
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26	25		Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) Not later than July 1, 2020, each local 1
27	26		and regional board of education shall conduct a test of the water 2
28	27		supply in any school building or school facility that was constructed 3
29	28		before July 1, 1986, for the presence of lead, and shall provide the 4
30	29		results of such test to the Department of Education and the 5
31	30		Department of Public Health. Nothing in this section shall be 6
32	31		construed to prevent a local director of public health from conducting 7
33	32		the test of the water supply in such school buildings or school facilities 8
34	33		for a local or regional board of education. A local and regional board of 9
35	34		education may submit an application to the Department of Public 10
36	35		Health for reimbursement of any costs associated with such test. If 11
37	36		such test reveals that the water supply of such school building or 12
38	37		school facility fails to meet water quality standards established by the 13
39	38		Department of Public Health then a local or regional board of 14
40		-	education shall be eligible to apply for a school building project grant 15
41		-	under chapter 173 of the general statutes to remediate any problems 16 Raised Bill No. 814
	39	+	education shall be eligible to apply for a school building project grant 15 Raised Bill No. 814
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	45	+	under chapter 173 of the general statutes to remediate any problems 16
48	46		revealed by such test. 17
49	47		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
50	48		sections:
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52	50		Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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54		-	ED Joint Favorable C/R PH
	52	+	Statement of Purpose:
	53	+	To require each local and regional board of education to conduct a test
	54	+	of the water supply for any school building or facility constructed
	55	+	before July 1, 1986, for the presence of lead.
	56	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	57	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	58	+	not underlined.]
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