Bill > A4315

Introduced Session

This bill would require radon gas or radon progeny testing in buildings used by public schools, private schools, and institutions of higher education at least once every five years. If such a building has been tested for radon within the five-year period preceding the bill's effective date, the test required under the bill would need to be performed on such building within five years after that prior test and once every five years thereafter. If a building has not been tested for radon within the five-year period preceding the bill's effective date, the test required by the bill is to be performed on the building within 60 days after the bill's effective date and once every five years thereafter. The Commissioner of Education or Commissioner of Higher Education, as appropriate, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, would be required to determine the extent of testing required by the bill, and the superintendent of each school district in the State, the board of trustees of a charter school, the principal or chief administrator of a private school, or the chief administrator of the institution of higher education, as applicable, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, would be required to identify the buildings to be tested, the locations within each building to be tested, the method of testing, and the procedures concerning notification and circulation of the testing results. This bill repeals an existing section of law that previously required radon testing in public school buildings, but that was deemed to be expired after a determination by the Council on Local Mandates that it constituted an unfunded mandate. Because this bill's radon testing requirements would be equally applicable to similarly situated government and non-government entities, it would not constitute an unfunded mandate.

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Carol Murphy (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee (on 05/10/2024)

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