Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1480
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: RS            .                                
                  04/13/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Altman) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 514.0315, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         514.0315 Required safety features for public swimming pools
    8  and spas.—
    9         (1) A public swimming pool or spa must be equipped with an
   10  anti-entrapment system or device that complies with ASME/ANSI
   11  standard A112.19.8, or any successor standard.
   12         (2) A public swimming pool or spa with a single main drain,
   13  other than an unblockable drain, must be equipped with at least
   14  one of the following features that complies with any ASME, ANSI,
   15  ASTM, or other applicable consumer product safety standard for
   16  such system or device:
   17         (a) A safety vacuum release system that ceases operation of
   18  the pump, reverses the circulation flow, or otherwise provides a
   19  vacuum release at a suction outlet when a blockage is detected
   20  and that has been tested by an independent third party and found
   21  to conform to ASME/ANSI standard A112.19.17, ASTM standard
   22  F2387, or any successor standard.
   23         (b) A suction-limiting vent system with a tamper-resistant
   24  atmospheric opening.
   25         (c) A gravity drainage system that uses a collector tank.
   26         (d) An automatic pump shut-off system.
   27         (e) A device or system that disables the drain.
   28         (3) The determination and selection of a feature under
   29  subsection (2) for a public swimming pool or spa constructed
   30  before January 1, 1993, is at the sole discretion of the owner
   31  or operator of the public swimming pool or spa.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35         And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   37  and insert:
   38                        A bill to be entitled                      
   39         An act relating to public swimming pools and spas;
   40         creating s. 514.0315, F.S.; requiring public swimming
   41         pools and spas to be equipped with certain safety
   42         features; providing an effective date.