SB1629: School boards, local; lead testing potable water.

SENATE BILL NO. 1629

Offered January 9, 2019
Prefiled January 9, 2019
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-135.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local school boards; lead testing; report.
Patron-- McPike

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-135.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-135.1. Potable water; lead testing.

Each local school board shall develop and implement a plan to test and, if necessary, remediate potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority for testing, including bubbler-style and cooler-style drinking fountains, cafeteria or kitchen taps, classroom combination sinks and drinking fountains, and sinks known to be or visibly used for consumption. 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. Each local school board shall submit such testing plan and report the results of any such test to the Department of Health.