Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 926
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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03/31/2015 .
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The Committee on Health Policy (Sobel) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Calder Sloan Swimming Pool Electrical-Safety
6 Task Force.—There is established within the Florida Building
7 Commission a Calder Sloan Swimming Pool Electrical-Safety Task
8 Force, which is a task force as defined in s. 20.03, Florida
9 Statutes.
10 (1) The primary purpose of the task force is to study and
11 report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
12 Speaker of the House of Representatives on recommended revisions
13 to the Florida Statutes concerning standards pertaining to
14 grounding, bonding, lighting, wiring, and all electrical aspects
15 for safety in and around public and private swimming pools. The
16 task force report is due by October 1, 2015.
17 (2) The task force shall consist of 10 members, including
18 the chair of the Florida Building Commission or her or his
19 designee, the State Surgeon General or her or his designee, and
20 8 members who are appointed by the chair of the Florida Building
21 Commission. Each appointed member must be or represent one of
22 the following:
23 (a) An electrical contractor certified to do business in
24 this state and actively engaged in the profession, who has
25 experience with swimming pools.
26 (b) A general contractor certified to do business in this
27 state and actively engaged in the profession, who has experience
28 with swimming pools.
29 (c) A swimming pool contractor licensed to do business in
30 this state and actively engaged in the profession.
31 (d) An electric utility provider doing business in this
32 state.
33 (e) A county building code inspector.
34 (f) A licensed real estate broker.
35 (g) An owner of a public swimming pool as defined in
36 s. 514.011, F.S.
37 (h) An owner of a private swimming pool as defined in
38 s. 514.011, F.S.
39 (3) The members of the task force shall elect the chair.
40 (4) The Florida Building Commission shall provide such
41 staff, information, and other assistance as is reasonably
42 necessary to assist the task force in carrying out its
43 responsibilities.
44 (5) Members of the task force shall serve without
45 compensation, but may receive reimbursement as provided in
46 s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, for travel and other necessary
47 expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
48 (6) The task force shall meet as often as necessary to
49 fulfill its responsibilities and meetings may be conducted by
50 conference call, teleconferencing, or similar technology.
51 (7) This section expires December 31, 2015.
52 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
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56 And the title is amended as follows:
57 Delete everything before the enacting clause
58 and insert:
59 A bill to be entitled
60 An act relating to the Calder Sloan Swimming Pool
61 Electrical-Safety Task Force; creating the Calder
62 Sloan Swimming Pool Electrical-Safety Task Force
63 within the Florida Building Commission; specifying the
64 purpose of the task force; providing for membership;
65 requiring members of the task force to elect the
66 chair; requiring the Florida Building Commission to
67 provide staff, information, and other assistance to
68 the task force; authorizing the reimbursement of task
69 force members for certain expenses; requiring a report
70 to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
71 Speaker of the House of Representatives by a specified
72 date; providing for future repeal of the task force;
73 providing an effective date.