Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 604
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Smith) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 50 - 94
    4  and insert:
    5  subsection (1). An inspector must report a violation of this
    6  subsection to a local code enforcement agency. If the inspected
    7  pool safety feature is the pool barrier, it must meet all of the
    8  requirements in s. 515.29.
    9         (3)(2) A person who fails to equip a new residential
   10  swimming pool with at least one pool safety feature as required
   11  in subsection (1) or subsection (2) commits a misdemeanor of the
   12  second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
   13  775.083, except that no penalty shall be imposed if the person,
   14  within 45 days after arrest or issuance of a summons or a notice
   15  to appear, has equipped the pool with at least one safety
   16  feature as required in subsection (1) or subsection (2) and has
   17  attended a drowning prevention education program established by
   18  s. 515.31. However, the requirement of attending a drowning
   19  prevention education program is waived if such program is not
   20  offered within 45 days after issuance of the citation.
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   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete lines 3 - 9
   25  and insert:
   26         requirements; amending s. 515.27, F.S.; requiring that
   27         swimming pools located on residential real property
   28         that is transferred or sold on or after a specified
   29         date meet certain pool safety requirements; requiring
   30         inspectors to report violations of the law to a local
   31         code enforcement agency; requiring inspected pool
   32         barriers to meet certain requirements;