WHB/8/7
Sponsored by Jaiden Johnson of Franklin High School
This legislation was filed in the Health category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT: |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | Fluoride- a chemical compound that contains the fluoride ion and is used to fluoridate drinking |
| 5 | water |
| 6 | Removal- means ceasing to add fluoride to a public water supply, the addition having been |
| 7 | previously approved by the voters of a municipality. |
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| 9 | Section 2: No public water supply may have fluoride added to or removed from the water supply |
| 10 | without the approval of a majority of voters in an election in a municipality. |
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| 12 | Section 3: If voted for by a majority of the voters in a municipality, the cost of water fluoridation |
| 13 | in a water system will be about 50 cents per person per year. This is usually paid 12 for by |
| 14 | national health service organizations. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Section 4: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 18 | Section 5: This act shall take effect March 20, 2025, to allow municipalities to decide to vote 15 on |
| 19 | whether to allow for water fluoridation or not. |
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