Bill > H2099

This bill establishes a "School Carbon Monoxide Safety Trust Fund" to provide grants to public school districts for the installation of carbon monoxide detection systems, requiring school districts to submit detailed installation plans for approval by the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of fire safety, and mandates annual reports on the fund's status and grant awards. It also requires carbon monoxide detection systems in new or substantially rehabilitated restaurants that use fossil-fuel burning equipment or have enclosed parking, and updates regulations for smoke detectors in residential buildings upon sale or transfer, allowing for monitored battery-powered smoke detectors in older homes. Furthermore, the bill mandates that all school buildings serving kindergarten through grade 12 install carbon monoxide alarms if they contain fossil-fuel burning equipment or enclosed parking, and directs the state board of building regulations and standards to adopt minimum standards for carbon monoxide detection systems in new or rehabilitated school buildings, with a $7.5 million transfer from the General Fund to the new trust fund by January 1, 2016, and the development of best practices for installation by March 31, 2016.