CHAPTER 1033
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 557 of the Acts of Assembly of 1999, relating to indoor air quality task force.
Approved April 19, 2000
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 1 of Chapter 557 of the Acts of Assembly of 1999 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 1. Indoor air quality task force established; members; duties; report.
A. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall establish a task
force to identify existing guidelines and standards for indoor air quality and
Uniform Statewide Building Code requirements for heating, air conditioning, and
ventilation systems for schools. The task force shall consist of twelve
sixteen members as follows: two four members of the House of
Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, in accordance with the
principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House
of Delegates, and three citizens, one each representing the Virginia
Association of School Boards, the Virginia Association of Counties, and the Virginia
Education Association, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; one member
two members of the Senate and two citizens, one each representing the Virginia
Education Association and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, to be appointed by the
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections; and one school administrator, one
licensed architect or engineer actively engaged in the practice of school design and
construction and one representative each of the Departments of Housing and Community
Development, Education, and Health, to be appointed by the Governor.
B. The task force shall develop recommendations regarding indoor air quality in
public schools and shall report such recommendations to the House Committees on
Education and on Appropriations, and the Senate Committees on Education and
Health and on Finance by December 1, 1999 2000.