Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB2266 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R5977 SJM-D
2	2	By: Allen H.B. No. 2266
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the investigation of indoor air quality in certain
8	8	school buildings.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 427.001, Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended by amending Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) and adding
12	12	Subdivisions (1-a) and (5-a) to read as follows:
13	13	(1) "Air contaminant" has the meaning assigned by
14	14	Section 385.001 ["Board" means the Texas Board of Health].
15	15	(1-a) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
16	16	Environmental Quality.
17	17	(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health
18	18	Services ["Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource
19	19	Conservation Commission].
20	20	(3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive
21	21	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
22	22	["Department" means the Texas Department of Health].
23	23	(5-a) "Indoor air pollution" has the meaning assigned
24	24	by Section 385.001.
25	25	SECTION 2. Section 427.004, Health and Safety Code, is
26	26	amended to read as follows:
27	27	Sec. 427.004. PROGRAMS. The commission and the department
28	28	may establish at the institute any programs necessary to carry out
29	29	the institute's established purposes under this chapter. The
30	30	commission and the department [board] may contract with public or
31	31	private entities to carry out the institute's purposes.
32	32	SECTION 3. Chapter 427, Health and Safety Code, is amended
33	33	by adding Section 427.007 to read as follows:
34	34	Sec. 427.007. AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS. (a) This
35	35	section applies only to a public elementary or middle school.
36	36	(b) The executive commissioner, in consultation with the
37	37	institute, by rule shall adopt guidelines for indoor air quality in
38	38	a school building.
39	39	(c) On request, inquiry, or complaint of a school
40	40	administrator or parent group concerning indoor air quality in a
41	41	school building the commission, in collaboration with the
42	42	department, shall investigate the air quality of the school
43	43	building.
44	44	(d) When conducting an investigation under Subsection (c),
45	45	the commission and the department may:
46	46	(1) interview the faculty, staff, and students using
47	47	the school building to obtain evidence of exposure to a particular
48	48	air contaminant;
49	49	(2) measure indoor air pollution; and
50	50	(3) identify the presence of specific air
51	51	contaminants.
52	52	(e) Not later than the 60th day after the date on which the
53	53	request, inquiry, or complaint was made under Subsection (c), the
54	54	commission and the department shall submit to the school and the
55	55	Texas Environmental Health Institute a report regarding:
56	56	(1) measures of indoor air pollution present in the
57	57	school building during the investigation;
58	58	(2) measures of specific air contaminants present in
59	59	the school building during the investigation;
60	60	(3) a determination of the cause of any indoor air
61	61	pollution detected; and
62	62	(4) a determination as to whether the air quality in
63	63	the school building is within the executive commissioner's
64	64	guidelines.
65	65	SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
66	66	over another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
67	67	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
68	68	codes.
69	69	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
70	70	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
71	71	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
72	72	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
73	73	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.