Florida Senate - 2015 CS for SB 926
By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Sobel
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Calder Sloan Swimming Pool
3 Electrical-Safety Task Force; creating the Calder
4 Sloan Swimming Pool Electrical-Safety Task Force
5 within the Florida Building Commission; specifying the
6 purpose of the task force; providing for membership;
7 requiring members of the task force to elect the
8 chair; requiring the Florida Building Commission to
9 provide staff, information, and other assistance to
10 the task force; authorizing the reimbursement of task
11 force members for certain expenses; requiring a report
12 to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
13 Speaker of the House of Representatives by a specified
14 date; providing for future repeal of the task force;
15 providing an effective date.
16
17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Calder Sloan Swimming Pool Electrical-Safety
20 Task Force.—There is established within the Florida Building
21 Commission a Calder Sloan Swimming Pool Electrical-Safety Task
22 Force, which is a task force as defined in s. 20.03, Florida
23 Statutes.
24 (1) The primary purpose of the task force is to study and
25 report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
26 Speaker of the House of Representatives on recommended revisions
27 to the Florida Statutes concerning standards pertaining to
28 grounding, bonding, lighting, wiring, and all electrical aspects
29 for safety in and around public and private swimming pools. The
30 task force report is due by October 1, 2015.
31 (2) The task force shall consist of 10 members, including
32 the chair of the Florida Building Commission or her or his
33 designee, the State Surgeon General or her or his designee, and
34 8 members who are appointed by the chair of the Florida Building
35 Commission. Each appointed member must be or represent one of
36 the following:
37 (a) An electrical contractor certified to do business in
38 this state and actively engaged in the profession, who has
39 experience with swimming pools.
40 (b) A general contractor certified to do business in this
41 state and actively engaged in the profession, who has experience
42 with swimming pools.
43 (c) A swimming pool contractor licensed to do business in
44 this state and actively engaged in the profession.
45 (d) An electric utility provider doing business in this
46 state.
47 (e) A county building code inspector.
48 (f) A licensed real estate broker.
49 (g) An owner of a public swimming pool as defined in s.
50 514.011, Florida Statutes.
51 (h) An owner of a private swimming pool as defined in s.
52 514.011, Florida Statutes.
53 (3) The members of the task force shall elect the chair.
54 (4) The Florida Building Commission shall provide such
55 staff, information, and other assistance as is reasonably
56 necessary to assist the task force in carrying out its
57 responsibilities.
58 (5) Members of the task force shall serve without
59 compensation, but may receive reimbursement as provided in s.
60 112.061, Florida Statutes, for travel and other necessary
61 expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
62 (6) The task force shall meet as often as necessary to
63 fulfill its responsibilities and meetings may be conducted by
64 conference call, teleconferencing, or similar technology.
65 (7) This section expires December 31, 2015.
66 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.