ASSEMBLY COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 605

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: FEBRUARY 3, 1997

            The Assembly Community Services Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 605 (1R).This bill would require the owner of any building in which a child care center is located to test the building every five years for the presence of radon gas and radon progeny. The bill would also require the owner of the building to post the results of the test, and any mitigation procedures proposed or performed, at a location readily visible to persons having responsibility for any child that attends the child care center.

      The bill requires that the initial test be conducted within six months of the effective date of the bill, or, if the building has been tested less than five years prior to the effective date of the bill, within five years of that test and once every five years thereafter. The bill also requires that the results of a test performed before the effective date of the bill be posted within 30 days of the bill's effective date.

      This bill is identical to Assembly Bill No. 1117 which was amended and released by this committee on this date.