File #: Int 1133-2013    Version: * Name: Notification of elected officials of information related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in schools.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Education
On agenda: 8/22/2013
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the notification of elected officials of information related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in schools.
Sponsors: Letitia James, Charles Barron, Margaret S. Chin, Mathieu Eugene, Lewis A. Fidler, Vincent J. Gentile, Sara M. Gonzalez, Robert Jackson, Peter A. Koo, G. Oliver Koppell, Rosie Mendez, Annabel Palma, Donovan J. Richards, Deborah L. Rose, Albert Vann, Ruben Wills, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Maria Del Carmen Arroyo, Brad S. Lander, Daniel R. Garodnick, James G. Van Bramer, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, Gale A. Brewer
Council Member Sponsors: 24
Int. No. 1133
 
By Council Member James, Barron, Chin, Eugene, Fidler, Gentile, Gonzalez, Jackson, Koo, Koppell, Mendez, Palma, Richards, Rose, Vann, Wills, Rodriguez, Arroyo, Lander, Garodnick, Van Bramer, Mark-Viverito, Ferreras and Brewer
 
 
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the notification of elected officials of information related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in schools.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
      Section 1.  Section 530-d of the New York city charter is hereby amended by adding new  subdivision e to read as follows:
      e. The department shall also notify all elected officials representing the district in which a school is located when parents and employees of such school are notified of any inspection or testing for reportable PCB levels required pursuant to subdivision b of this section and shall include in such notification, information regarding the timeframe for addressing reportable PCB  levels including, but not limited to, removal replacement or remediation.  Elected officials shall be notified within the same respective timeframes as required for notification for parents and employees pursuant to subdivisions b, c, and d of this section.  
      ยง 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
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