Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 926
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/31/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Sobel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    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.  
   53  
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   55  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   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.