Bill Text: MN HF763 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Swimming pool pond exemption expiration date removed.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-24 - Secretary of State Chapter 83 [HF763 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF763-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 83--H.F.No. 763
An act
relating to health; removing expiration date on swimming pond exemption;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.1222, subdivision 5.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, 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
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.
Presented to the governor May 23, 2011
Signed by the governor May 24, 2011, 5:08 p.m.