Bill Text: MN HF763 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Chaptered

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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

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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
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.
    (d) This subdivision expires June 30, 2011.
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.