H. B. 4600
(By Delegate Boggs)
[Introduced February 22, 2000; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section nineteen,
relating to requiring carbon monoxide detectors in all school
buildings; legislative findings; state board and fire marshal
to propose legislative rules; device requirements; and, state
board to file report with legislative oversight commission on
educational accountability.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section nineteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-19. Carbon monoxide detectors in schools; findings; proposal
of legislative rules; device requirements; state
board to file report.
(a) The Legislature hereby finds there is compelling
scientific, health and safety data concerning risks associated with
exposure to carbon monoxide gas. Further, there are compelling
reasons to believe it is in the best public interest of students,
teachers, administrators, and school service personnel and any
other persons authorized to be on the premises of school buildings
in this state to be protected from the accidental exposure to
carbon monoxide.
(b) On or before the first day of July, two thousand, the
state board of education and the office of the state fire marshal
shall jointly propose legislative rules, in accordance with the
provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code,
concerning the installation, placement and use of carbon monoxide
warning devices in all school buildings under the authority of the
board.
(c) The devices shall emit an audible warning at a decibel level sufficient to alert occupants of dangerous concentrations of
carbon monoxide. Additionally, the devices shall be equipped with
a visible strobe light to alert individuals that may be hearing
impaired.
(d) The state board of education shall file a report
concerning the progress made toward compliance with the
requirements of this section to the legislative oversight
commission on educational accountability on or before the first day
of January, two thousand one.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the placement of
carbon monoxide detectors in schools.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.