House Bill 0931

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 931

        By Representative J. Miller






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public swimming and bathing

  3         facilities; amending s. 514.011, F.S.;

  4         redefining the term "public swimming pool" or

  5         "public pool"; amending s. 514.0115, F.S.;

  6         exempting from supervision or regulation as a

  7         public pool any pool serving a residential

  8         child care facility if the pool is for the

  9         exclusive use of the facility's residents and

10         not open to the public; providing an effective

11         date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 514.011, Florida

16  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

17         514.011  Definitions.--As used in this chapter:

18         (2)  "Public swimming pool" or "public pool" means a

19  watertight structure of concrete, masonry, or other approved

20  materials which is located either indoors or outdoors, used

21  for bathing or swimming by humans, and filled with a filtered

22  and disinfected water supply, together with buildings,

23  appurtenances, and equipment used in connection therewith.  A

24  public swimming pool or public pool shall mean a conventional

25  pool, spa-type pool, wading pool, special purpose pool, or

26  water recreation attraction, to which admission may be gained

27  with or without payment of a fee and includes, but is not

28  limited to, pools operated by or serving camps, churches,

29  cities, counties, day care centers, group home facilities for

30  eight or more clients, health spas, institutions, parks, state

31  agencies, schools, subdivisions, or the cooperative

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  1  living-type projects of five or more living units, such as

  2  apartments, boardinghouses, hotels, mobile home parks, motels,

  3  recreational vehicle parks, and townhouses. However, a pool

  4  serving a residential child care facility is not a public

  5  swimming pool or public pool if it is for the exclusive use of

  6  the facility's residents and not open to the public.

  7         Section 2.  Subsection (4) of section 514.0115, Florida

  8  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is renumbered as subsection (5),

  9  and a new subsection (4) is added to said section to read:

10         514.0115  Exemptions from supervision or regulation;

11  variances.--

12         (4)  Any pool serving a residential child care facility

13  shall be exempt from supervision or regulation under this

14  chapter if the pool is for the exclusive use of the facility's

15  residents and not open to the public.

16         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

17  law.

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20                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Exempts from supervision or regulation as a public pool
22    any pool serving a residential child care facility if the
      pool is for the exclusive use of the facility's residents
23    and not open to the public.

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