Florida Senate - 2011                                    SB 1480
       
       
       
       By Senator Evers
       
       
       
       
       2-01344-11                                            20111480__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public swimming pools and spas;
    3         creating s. 514.0315, F.S.; requiring public swimming
    4         pools and spas to be equipped with certain safety
    5         features; providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Section 514.0315, Florida Statutes, is created
   10  to read:
   11         514.0315 Required safety features for public swimming pools
   12  and spas.—
   13         (1) A public swimming pool or spa must be equipped with an
   14  anti-entrapment system or device that complies with ASME/ANSI
   15  standard A112.19.8, or any successor standard.
   16         (2) A public swimming pool or spa with a single main drain
   17  other than an unblockable drain must be equipped with at least
   18  one of the following features that complies with any ASME, ANSI,
   19  ASTM, or other applicable consumer product safety standard for
   20  such system or device:
   21         (a) A safety vacuum release system that ceases operation of
   22  the pump, reverses the circulation flow, or otherwise provides a
   23  vacuum release at a suction outlet when a blockage is detected
   24  and that has been tested by an independent third party and found
   25  to conform to ASME/ANSI standard A112.19.17, ASTM standard
   26  F2387, or any successor standard.
   27         (b) A suction-limiting vent system with a tamper-resistant
   28  atmospheric opening.
   29         (c) A gravity drainage system that uses a collector tank.
   30         (d) An automatic pump shut-off system.
   31         (e) A device or system that disables the drain.
   32         (3) The determination and selection of a feature under
   33  subsection (2) is at the sole discretion of the owner or
   34  operator of the public swimming pool or spa.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.