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MI HB4124
Bill
Status
1/31/2017
Primary Sponsor
Sheldon Neeley
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Department of Environmental Quality program to assist schools and child care centers in testing for and remedying lead contamination in drinking water from coolers and other sources under their control.
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Requires schools and child care centers to conduct periodic sampling and testing of drinking water for lead presence and report results to the department.
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Mandates that schools or child care centers repair, replace, remove, or render inoperable any drinking water cooler that is a source of lead contamination.
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Requires the department to make lead test results publicly available on its website and schools/child care centers to make results available for inspection by staff, parents, and the public in their administrative offices.
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Directs the department to promulgate rules under the Administrative Procedures Act to implement the lead testing and remediation program.
Legislative Description
Water; quality; program for testing and removing lead in drinking water used by schools and child care centers; provide for. Amends sec. 2 of 1976 PA 399 (MCL 325.1002) & adds sec. 7a.
Water: quality
Last Action
Referred To Second Reading
11/28/2018