H. B. 2010
(By Delegate Boggs)
[Introduced February 14, 2001; 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 one,
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 two.
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.