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MI HB4124

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2017

Primary Sponsor

Sheldon Neeley

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Origin

House of Representatives

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Requires schools and child care centers to conduct periodic sampling and testing of drinking water for lead presence and report results to the department.

  • Mandates that schools or child care centers repair, replace, remove, or render inoperable any drinking water cooler that is a source of lead contamination.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources1/31/2017

Full Bill Text

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