Senate Bill sb1840

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1840

    By Senator Justice





    16-1713-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to carbon monoxide safety in

  3         public lodging establishments; amending s.

  4         509.211, F.S.; requiring the installation of

  5         carbon monoxide detectors in public lodging

  6         establishments according to rules adopted by

  7         the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the

  8         Department of Business and Professional

  9         Regulation; providing for an exception;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 509.211,

15  Florida Statutes, to read:

16         509.211  Safety regulations.--

17         (5)  Each unit of dwelling space in a public lodging

18  establishment shall be equipped with one or more carbon

19  monoxide sensor devices that bear the label of a nationally

20  recognized testing laboratory and that have been tested and

21  listed as complying with the most recent Underwriters

22  Laboratories standard 2034, or its equivalent, unless it is

23  determined that no potential carbon monoxide hazard exists for

24  that unit. Any such installation or determination shall be

25  made in accordance with rules adopted by the division.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2007.

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29                          SENATE SUMMARY

30    Requires the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in
      public lodging establishments.
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