Bill Text: MN HF1785 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Swimming pond exemption application expanded.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform [HF1785 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1785-Introduced.html

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A bill for an act

relating to health; expanding application of the swimming pond exemption;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 144.1222, subdivision 5.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 144.1222, subdivision 5,
is amended to read:
    Subd. 5. Swimming pond exemption. (a) A public swimming pond in existence
before January 1, 2008, is not a public pool for purposes of this section and section
157.16 , and is exempt from the requirements for public swimming pools under Minnesota
Rules, chapter 4717.
    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a public swimming pond must meet the
requirements for public pools described in subdivisions 1c and 1d.
    (c) For purposes of this subdivision, a "public swimming pond" means an artificial
body of water contained within a lined, sand-bottom basin, intended for public swimming,
relaxation, or recreational use that includes a water circulation system for maintaining
water quality and does not include any portion of a naturally occurring lake or stream.
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.