| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to carbon monoxide safety; amending s. |
| 3 | 509.211, F.S.; requiring public lodging establishments to |
| 4 | be equipped with carbon monoxide sensor devices; providing |
| 5 | an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 509.211, |
| 10 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 11 | 509.211 Safety regulations.-- |
| 12 | (5) Every enclosure with boilers or other machinery |
| 13 | generating carbon monoxide in a public lodging establishment |
| 14 | shall be equipped with one or more carbon monoxide sensor |
| 15 | devices that bear the label of a nationally recognized testing |
| 16 | laboratory and have been tested and listed as complying with the |
| 17 | most recent Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Standard 2034, or |
| 18 | its equivalent, unless it is determined that no potential carbon |
| 19 | monoxide hazard exists for a unit. Such devices shall be |
| 20 | integrated with the public lodging establishment's fire |
| 21 | detection system. Any such installation or determination shall |
| 22 | be made in accordance with rules adopted by the division. |
| 23 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2007. |