Full Text of HB4223 96th General Assembly
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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/11/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4223
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4223 on page 1, | 3 |
| immediately below line 1, by inserting the following:
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| "WHEREAS, The Surgeon General of the United States issued a | 5 |
| Health Advisory in 2005 warning Americans about the health risk | 6 |
| from exposure to radon in indoor air; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Indoor radon is the second-leading cause of lung | 8 |
| cancer in the United States, and breathing it over prolonged | 9 |
| periods can present a significant health risk to families all | 10 |
| over the country; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, The nation's chief physician urged Americans to | 12 |
| test their homes to find out how much radon they might be | 13 |
| breathing; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, The United States Environmental Protection |
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| Agency, National Academy of Sciences, and the Surgeon General | 2 |
| estimate that 21,000 radon-related lung cancer deaths occur | 3 |
| annually in the United States, as many as 1,100 of those in | 4 |
| this State; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Results of 96,000 home measurements conducted by | 6 |
| professional contractors and homeowners between 2003 and 2008 | 7 |
| submitted to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency show that | 8 |
| 40% of homes tested in this State had radon levels above the | 9 |
| 4.0 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) action level; therefore"; and | 10 |
| on page 1, by replacing lines 6 through 18 with the following: | 11 |
| "(105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new) | 12 |
| Sec. 10-20.46. Radon testing. | 13 |
| (a) It is recommended that every occupied school building | 14 |
| of a school district be tested every 5 years for radon pursuant | 15 |
| to rules established by the Illinois Emergency Management | 16 |
| Agency (IEMA). | 17 |
| (b) It is recommended that new schools of a school district | 18 |
| be built using radon resistant new construction techniques, as | 19 |
| shown in the United States Environmental Protection Agency | 20 |
| document, Radon Prevention in the Design and Construction of | 21 |
| Schools and Other Large Buildings. | 22 |
| (c) Each school district may maintain, make available for | 23 |
| review, and notify parents and faculty of test results under |
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| this Section. The district shall report radon test results to | 2 |
| the State Board of Education, which shall prepare a report | 3 |
| every 2 years of the results from all schools that have | 4 |
| performed tests, to be submitted to the General Assembly and | 5 |
| the Governor. | 6 |
| (d) If IEMA exempts an individual from being required to be | 7 |
| a licensed radon professional, the individual does not need to | 8 |
| be a licensed radon professional in order to perform screening | 9 |
| tests under this Section. A school district may elect to have | 10 |
| one or more employees from the district attend an | 11 |
| IEMA-approved, Internet-based training course on school | 12 |
| testing in order to receive an exemption to conduct testing in | 13 |
| that school district. These school district employees must | 14 |
| perform the measurements in accordance with procedures | 15 |
| approved by IEMA. If an exemption from IEMA is not received, | 16 |
| the school district must use a licensed radon professional to | 17 |
| conduct measurements. | 18 |
| (e) If the results of a radon screening test under this | 19 |
| Section are found to be 4.0 pCi/L or above, the school district | 20 |
| may hire a licensed radon professional to perform measurements | 21 |
| before any mitigation decisions are made. If radon levels of | 22 |
| 4.0 pCi/L or above are found, it is recommended that affected | 23 |
| areas be mitigated by a licensed radon mitigation professional | 24 |
| with respect to both design and installation. IEMA may provide | 25 |
| the school district with a list of licensed radon mitigation | 26 |
| professionals. |
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| (f) A screening test under this Section may be done with a | 2 |
| test kit found in a hardware store, department store, or home | 3 |
| improvement store or with a kit ordered through the mail or | 4 |
| over the Internet. However, the kit must be provided by a | 5 |
| laboratory licensed in accordance with the Radon Industry | 6 |
| Licensing Act. | 7 |
| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 34-18.37. Radon testing. | 9 |
| (a) It is recommended that every occupied school building | 10 |
| of the school district be tested every 5 years for radon | 11 |
| pursuant to rules established by the Illinois Emergency | 12 |
| Management Agency (IEMA). | 13 |
| (b) It is recommended that new schools of the school | 14 |
| district be built using radon resistant new construction | 15 |
| techniques, as shown in the United States Environmental | 16 |
| Protection Agency document, Radon Prevention in the Design and | 17 |
| Construction of Schools and Other Large Buildings. | 18 |
| (c) The school district may maintain, make available for | 19 |
| review, and notify parents and faculty of test results under | 20 |
| this Section. The district shall report radon test results to | 21 |
| the State Board of Education, which shall prepare a report | 22 |
| every 2 years of the results from all schools that have | 23 |
| performed tests, to be submitted to the General Assembly and | 24 |
| the Governor. | 25 |
| (d) If IEMA exempts an individual from being required to be |
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| a licensed radon professional, the individual does not need to | 2 |
| be a licensed radon professional in order to perform screening | 3 |
| tests under this Section. The school district may elect to have | 4 |
| one or more employees from the district attend an | 5 |
| IEMA-approved, Internet-based training course on school | 6 |
| testing in order to receive an exemption to conduct testing in | 7 |
| the school district. These school district employees must | 8 |
| perform the measurements in accordance with procedures | 9 |
| approved by IEMA. If an exemption from IEMA is not received, | 10 |
| the school district must use a licensed radon professional to | 11 |
| conduct measurements. | 12 |
| (e) If the results of a radon screening test under this | 13 |
| Section are found to be 4.0 pCi/L or above, the school district | 14 |
| may hire a licensed radon professional to perform measurements | 15 |
| before any mitigation decisions are made. If radon levels of | 16 |
| 4.0 pCi/L or above are found, it is recommended that affected | 17 |
| areas be mitigated by a licensed radon mitigation professional | 18 |
| with respect to both design and installation. IEMA may provide | 19 |
| the school district with a list of licensed radon mitigation | 20 |
| professionals. | 21 |
| (f) A screening test under this Section may be done with a | 22 |
| test kit found in a hardware store, department store, or home | 23 |
| improvement store or with a kit ordered through the mail or | 24 |
| over the Internet. However, the kit must be provided by a | 25 |
| laboratory licensed in accordance with the Radon Industry | 26 |
| Licensing Act. ".
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