Senate Bill sb1840c2

    Florida Senate - 2007                    CS for CS for SB 1840

    By the Committees on Community Affairs; Regulated Industries;
    and Senators Justice, Bullard, King, Lawson, Jones, Ring,
    Rich, Hill, Dawson, Fasano, Wilson and Deutch



    578-2668-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to carbon monoxide safety;

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

  4         public lodging establishments to be equipped

  5         with carbon monoxide sensor devices; providing

  6         an 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)  Every enclosed space or room containing a boiler

14  that is regulated under chapter 554 and that is fired by the

15  direct application of energy from the combustion of fuels and

16  located in any portion of a public lodging establishment that

17  also contains sleeping rooms must be equipped with one or more

18  carbon monoxide sensor devices bearing the label of a

19  nationally recognized testing laboratory and must have been

20  tested and listed as complying with the most recent

21  Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Standard 2034, or its

22  equivalent, unless the division has determined that carbon

23  monoxide hazards have otherwise been adequately mitigated.

24  Such devices shall be integrated with the public lodging

25  establishment's fire detection system. Any such installation

26  or determination shall be made in accordance with rules

27  adopted by the division.

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

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    Florida Senate - 2007                    CS for CS for SB 1840
    578-2668-07




 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                            CS/SB 1840

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 4  The committee substitute for committee substitute clarifies
    that public lodging establishments must equip any portion of
 5  the establishment that has an enclosed space or room
    containing a crtain type of boiler regulated under ch. 554,
 6  F.S., and which also contains sleeping rooms, with carbon
    monoxide sensor devices. It also clarifies that these sensor
 7  devices are not required if the carbon monoxide hazard has
    been otherwise adequately mitigated.
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