Senate Bill sb1840c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                           CS for SB 1840

    By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senators Justice
    and Bullard




    580-2201-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to carbon monoxide safety;

  3         amending s. 509.211, F.S.; requiring public

  4         lodging establishments to be equipped with

  5         carbon monoxide sensor devices; providing an

  6         effective date.

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

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

11  Florida Statutes, to read:

12         509.211  Safety regulations.--

13         (5)  Each enclosure that has boilers or other machinery

14  generating carbon monoxide in a public lodging establishment

15  shall be equipped with one or more carbon monoxide sensor

16  devices that bear the label of a nationally recognized testing

17  laboratory and have been tested and listed as complying with

18  the most recent Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Standard

19  2034, or its equivalent, unless it is determined that no

20  potential carbon monoxide hazard exists for a unit. Such

21  devices shall be integrated with the public lodging

22  establishment's fire detection system. Any such installation

23  or determination shall be made in accordance with rules

24  adopted by the division.

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

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    Florida Senate - 2007                           CS for SB 1840
    580-2201-07




 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 1840

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 4  The committee substitute (CS) amends s.509.211, F.S., to limit
    the carbon monoxide detector requirement to every enclosure
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    a public lodging establishment.  It requires that the device
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