Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1044
       
       
        
       By Senator Hooper
       
       
       
       
       
       16-01082-22                                           20221044__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to swim-up bars; requiring the Florida
    3         Building Commission to adopt requirements and
    4         procedures within the Florida Building Code for the
    5         approval of swim-up bars at commercial and public
    6         swimming pool locations; requiring the commission to
    7         work with swimming pool industry representatives when
    8         developing such requirements and procedures; providing
    9         an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Before January 1, 2023, the Florida Building
   14  Commission shall adopt within the Florida Building Code
   15  requirements and procedures for the approval of swim-up bars at
   16  commercial and public swimming pool locations in this state. The
   17  commission shall work with swimming pool industry
   18  representatives to develop such requirements and procedures to
   19  position this state as a national leader on design
   20  specifications, safety, operation, and public health relating to
   21  swim-up bars.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.