75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2010 Special Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
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                           A-Engrossed
 
                        Senate Bill 1025
                Ordered by the Senate February 12
          Including Senate Amendments dated February 12
 
Sponsored by Senator DINGFELDER; Senators BATES, BONAMICI,
  BURDICK, EDWARDS, HASS, MONNES ANDERSON, MONROE, ROSENBAUM,
  SCHRADER, SHIELDS, VERGER, Representatives BUCKLEY, CANNON,
  DEMBROW, HOLVEY, RILEY, ROBLAN, STIEGLER, TOMEI (Presession
  filed.)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Requires Building Codes Structures Board and Residential and
Manufactured Structures Board to adopt radon mitigation standards
for certain buildings { +  by specific date + }. { +  Specifies
dates on and after which Department of Consumer and Business
Services must make standards applicable to certain building
permits. + }
  Requires Real Estate Agency to develop information concerning
radon in one and two family dwellings and to make information
available to potential buyers of one and two family dwellings by
specific date.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to radon in buildings; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2010 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 455. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Building Codes Structures Board and the
Residential and Manufactured Structures Board shall adopt design
and construction standards for mitigating radon levels in new
residential buildings that are identified under the structural
specialty code as Group R-2 or R-3 buildings and new public
buildings. In adopting the standards, the boards shall give
consideration to any standards recommended by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency for radon mitigation systems in
buildings.
  (2) The boards shall make the design and construction standards
for mitigating radon levels applicable in:
  (a) Baker, Clackamas, Hood River, Multnomah, Polk, Washington
and Yamhill Counties; and
  (b) Any county for which the boards, after consultation with
the Oregon Health Authority, consider the standards appropriate
due to local radon levels.
 
  (3) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business
Services may authorize a municipality that administers and
enforces one or more building inspection programs under ORS
455.148 or 455.150 to also administer and enforce any applicable
standards for mitigating radon that are adopted by the boards.
  (4) The director, in consultation with the boards, may adopt
rules for the implementation, administration and enforcement of
this section. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) The Real Estate Agency shall provide
information to alert potential buyers of one and two family
dwellings to issues concerning radon in the dwellings. The
information may include, but need not be limited to, radon hazard
potential and methods of testing for and mitigating radon. The
agency may collaborate with public or private entities to provide
the information.
  (2) The agency shall place the information described in
subsection (1) of this section on the agency's website and make
printed copies of the information available to the public. The
agency may charge a reasonable fee for providing a printed copy
of the information.
  (3) The agency shall encourage public and private entities
dealing with potential buyers of one and two family dwellings to
post the information described in subsection (1) of this section
on entity websites and to assist in making printed copies of the
information available to the public. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) The Building Codes Structures Board and the
Residential and Manufactured Structures Board shall adopt design
and construction standards under section 2 of this 2010 Act no
later than January 1, 2011.
  (2) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall make
the standards adopted by the boards under section 2 of this 2010
Act applicable to Group R-2 and R-3 new residential buildings for
which initial building permits are issued on or after April 1,
2011, and to new public buildings for which initial building
permits are issued on or after April 1, 2013. + }
  SECTION 5. { +  The Real Estate Agency shall initially make the
information described in section 3 of this 2010 Act available on
the agency's website and as printed copies no later than January
1, 2011. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + This 2010 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2010 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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