Bill Text: MN HF2621 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lifeguards at public beaches required to have minimum training.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-03 - HF indefinitely postponed [HF2621 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2621-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to public beaches; requiring lifeguards at public beaches to have certain
1.3minimum training;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters
1.486B; 471.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. [86B.215] PUBLIC BEACHES; LIFEGUARDS.
1.7    Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "public swimming beach"
1.8means an area abutting a body of water, other than a swimming pool governed by section
1.9144.1222, owned or operated by a state agency, whether directly or under agreement with
1.10another public or private entity, intended to be open to the public for swimming.
1.11    Subd. 2. Lifeguards. If a state agency provides for lifeguards to be present at a
1.12public swimming beach, each lifeguard must be certified in first aid and adult, child,
1.13and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation, have Red Cross lifeguard certification or the
1.14equivalent, and be responsible for the supervision and safety of persons at the public
1.15swimming beach while on duty.
1.16    Subd. 3. Citation. This section may be cited as "Tony's Law."
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2015.

1.18    Sec. 2. [471.155] PUBLIC BEACHES; LIFEGUARDS.
1.19    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
1.20(1) "political subdivision" means a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town,
1.21or other political subdivision; and
1.22(2) "public swimming beach" means an area abutting a body of water, other than
1.23a swimming pool governed by section 144.1222, owned or operated by the political
2.1subdivision, whether directly or under agreement with another public or private entity,
2.2intended to be open to the public for swimming.
2.3    Subd. 2. Lifeguards. If a political subdivision provides for lifeguards to be present
2.4at a public swimming beach, each lifeguard must be certified in first aid and adult, child,
2.5and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation, have Red Cross lifeguard certification or the
2.6equivalent, and be responsible for the supervision and safety of persons at the public
2.7swimming beach while on duty.
2.8    Subd. 3. Citation. This section may be cited as "Tony's Law."
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2015.
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