ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1984

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE 10, 1996

      The Assembly Health Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1984. 

      This bill makes the Department of Health responsible for enforcing standards for lead evaluation and abatement work in all buildings and structures.

      The bill repeals sections 14 through 24 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C.52:27D-427 through 52:27D-437) which provide the Department of Community Affairs with responsibility for certifying business firms doing lead evaluation and abatement work, and transfers the provisions of these repealed sections to Title 26 of the Revised Statutes, thereby consolidating the responsibility for enforcing lead evaluation and abatement work standards in the Department of Health. The latter is already required to certify lead evaluators and lead abatement workers pursuant to sections 1 through 12 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C.26:2Q-1 et seq.).