BILL NUMBER: SB 180	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2009

   An act to repeal Section 39619.6 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 180, as introduced, Florez. Air quality: health conditions in
portable classrooms: report.
   Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board in the
California Environmental Protection Agency and designates it as the
air pollution control agency for all purposes set forth in federal
law.
   Existing law requires the state board and the State Department of
Public Health, in consultation with other entities as provided, to
conduct a comprehensive study and review of the environmental health
conditions in portable classrooms, as defined, by June 30, 2002.
   This bill would repeal the provisions requiring the study.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 39619.6 of the Health and Safety Code is
repealed. 
   39619.6.  (a)  By June 30, 2002, the state board and the State
Department of Health Services, in consultation with the State
Department of Education, the Department of General Services, and the
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, shall conduct a
comprehensive study and review of the environmental health conditions
in portable classrooms, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section
17070.15 of the Education Code.
   (b)  The state board and the department shall jointly coordinate
the study, oversee data analysis and quality assurance, coordinate
stakeholder participation, and prepare recommendations. The state
board shall develop and oversee the contract for field work, air
monitoring, and data analysis, and obtain equipment for the study.
The department shall oversee the assessment of ventilation systems
and practices and the evaluation of microbiological contaminants, and
may provide laboratory analyses as needed.
   (c)  By August 31, 2000, the state board shall release a request
for proposals for the field portion of the study. Field work shall
begin not later than July 2001. The final report shall be completed
on or before June 30, 2002, and shall be provided to the appropriate
policy committees of the Legislature. The study of portable
classrooms shall include all of the following:
   (1)  Review of design and construction specifications, including
those for ventilation systems.
   (2)  Review of school maintenance practices, including the actual
operation or nonoperation of ventilation systems.
   (3)  Assessment of indoor air quality.
   (4)  Assessment of potential toxic contamination, including molds
and other biological contaminants.
   (d)  The final report shall summarize the results of the study and
review, and shall include recommendations to remedy and prevent
unhealthful conditions found in portable classrooms, including the
need for all of the following:
   (1)  Modified design and construction standards, including
ventilation specifications.
   (2)  Emission limits for building materials and classroom
furnishings.
   (3)  Other mitigation actions to ensure the protection of children'
s health.