Virginia SB 1359: School boards, local; lead testing of potable water in schools.

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SENATE BILL NO. 1359 

Offered January 11, 2017 

Prefiled January 11, 2017 

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered 22.1-135.1, relating to local school boards; school buildings; potable 
 water; lead testing. 
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Patrons-- McPike and Ebbin; Delegate: Kory 

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Referred to Committee on Education and Health 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered 22.1-135.1 as follows: 

� 22.1-135.1. Potable 
 water; lead testing.

A. Each local school 
 board shall develop and implement a plan to test potable 
 water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as 
 high priority, including bubbler-style and 
 cooler-style drinking fountains, kitchen taps, classroom 
 combination sinks and drinking fountains, home 
 economics room sinks, teacher's 
 lounge sinks, nurse's 
 office sinks, classroom 
 sinks in special education classrooms, 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 transmitted to and 
 archived by the Virginia Department of Health's Office of Drinking 
 Water.

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, and post on its website 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.