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2018 SESSION

18103827D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1578
Offered January 19, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-135.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school boards; school buildings; potable water; lead testing.
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Patrons-- Kory and Gooditis
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-135.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-135.1. Potable water; lead testing.

A. Each local school board shall develop and implement a plan to test and, if necessary, remediate in school buildings potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority for testing, including bubbler-style and cooler-style drinking fountains, cafeteria or kitchen taps, classroom combination sinks and drinking fountains, and sinks known to be or visibly used for consumption, as often as is required of the supplying public water system by the Virginia Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water pursuant to regulations established in accordance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.). The local school board shall give priority in the testing plan to schools whose school building was constructed, in whole or in part, before 1986.

B. The plan established pursuant to subsection A and the results of each test conducted pursuant to such plan shall be posted on the local school board's website and reported to the Virginia Department of Health.

C. If the results of any test conducted in accordance with the plan established pursuant to subsection A indicate a level of lead in the potable water that is at or above 20 parts per billion, the school board shall develop, implement, post on its website, and report to the Virginia Department of Health a plan to remediate the level of lead in the potable water to below 20 parts per billion and confirm such remediation by retesting the water at two consecutive six-month intervals, consistent with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.).