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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 49 — Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control

§ 3609. Retained rights

Statutory text

Except as otherwise provided in section 3607 of this title, nothing in this chapter shall—

(1)

affect the right of any party to seek legal redress in connection with the purchase or installation of asbestos materials in schools or any claim of disability or death related to exposure to asbestos in a school setting; or

(2)

affect the rights of any party under any other law.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–270 § 10 · 94 Stat. 487

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 3609

    (Pub. L. 96–270, § 10, June 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 496.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–270, § 10, June 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 496.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 10. retained rights Except as otherwise provided in section 8, nothing in this Act shall— (1) affect the right of any party to seek legal redress in connection with the purchase or installation of asbestos materials in schools or any claim of disability or death related to exposure to asbestos in a school setting; or (2) affect the rights of any party under any other law.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–270, § 10, , 94 Stat. 496.)

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