House Bill 1059 Summary

• Prohibits the sale of wood treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) for residential uses not approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, effective July 1, 2011, with an exception for CCA-treated wood already part of existing residential structures.

• Requires property owners to disclose any CCA-treated wood that is part of a structure on the property in residential real estate sales disclosure forms.

• Establishes a two-year statute of limitations for lawsuits based on personal injury, disability, disease, or death from exposure to CCA-treated wood, with the cause of action accruing when a person discovers they have a disease or injury related to CCA exposure.

• Clarifies that each subsequent disease or injury related to CCA exposure constitutes a separate cause of action with its own two-year limitation period.