Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1232
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/23/2015 .
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The Committee on Health Policy (Sobel) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (589274) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 791 and 792
5 insert:
6 Section 21. Calder Sloan Swimming Pool Electrical-Safety
7 Task Force.—There is established within the Florida Building
8 Commission a Calder Sloan Swimming Pool Electrical-Safety Task
9 Force, which is a task force as defined in s. 20.03, Florida
10 Statutes.
11 (1) The primary purpose of the task force is to study and
12 report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
13 Speaker of the House of Representatives on recommended revisions
14 to the Florida Statutes concerning standards pertaining to
15 grounding, bonding, lighting, wiring, and all electrical aspects
16 for safety in and around public and private swimming pools. The
17 task force report is due by October 1, 2015.
18 (2) The task force shall consist of 10 members, including
19 the chair of the Florida Building Commission or her or his
20 designee, the State Surgeon General or her or his designee, and
21 8 members who are appointed by the chair of the Florida Building
22 Commission. Each appointed member must be or represent one of
23 the following:
24 (a) An electrical contractor certified to do business in
25 this state and actively engaged in the profession, who has
26 experience with swimming pools.
27 (b) A general contractor certified to do business in this
28 state and actively engaged in the profession, who has experience
29 with swimming pools.
30 (c) A swimming pool contractor licensed to do business in
31 this state and actively engaged in the profession.
32 (d) An electric utility provider doing business in this
33 state.
34 (e) A county building code inspector.
35 (f) A licensed real estate broker.
36 (g) An owner of a public swimming pool as defined in
37 s. 514.011, F.S.
38 (h) An owner of a private swimming pool as defined in
39 s. 514.011, F.S.
40 (3) The members of the task force shall elect the chair.
41 (4) The Florida Building Commission shall provide such
42 staff, information, and other assistance as is reasonably
43 necessary to assist the task force in carrying out its
44 responsibilities.
45 (5) Members of the task force shall serve without
46 compensation, but may receive reimbursement as provided in
47 s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, for travel and other necessary
48 expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
49 (6) The task force shall meet as often as necessary to
50 fulfill its responsibilities and meetings may be conducted by
51 conference call, teleconferencing, or similar technology.
52 (7) This section expires December 31, 2015.
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57 And the title is amended as follows:
58 Delete line 905
59 and insert:
60 experience requirements or certifications; creating
61 the Calder Sloan Swimming Pool Electrical-Safety Task
62 Force within the Florida Building Commission;
63 specifying the purpose of the task force; providing
64 for membership; requiring members of the task force to
65 elect the chair; requiring the Florida Building
66 Commission to provide staff, information, and other
67 assistance to the task force; authorizing the
68 reimbursement of task force members for certain
69 expenses; requiring a report to the Governor, the
70 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House
71 of Representatives by a specified date; providing for
72 future repeal of the task force; providing