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Committee advances bill requiring testing of dwelling units on exempt wells in groundwater management areas
Summary
The House Committee on Rules approved amendments and forwarded House Bill 3525A to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation after adopting changes that limit testing to units in groundwater management areas and adjust the bill's operative date.
The House Committee on Rules voted to adopt the A-12 amendment and move House Bill 3525 A as amended to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill requires landlords to collect and test drinking water samples for certain contaminants when a dwelling uses at least one exempt well as a drinking-water source; it also requires landlords to provide test results to tenants and to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and sets requirements for testing laboratories and OHA’s handling of data.
Committee staff summarized the A-12 amendment, saying it limits the testing requirement to dwelling units…
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