Bill Text: TX HB2205 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to applicability of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code to certain pools, spas, and other swimming areas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2205 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2205-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to applicability of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code to certain pools, spas, and other swimming areas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2205 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2205-Engrossed.html
87R16630 SCL-F | ||
By: Romero, Jr., Holland, Toth | H.B. No. 2205 |
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relating to applicability of the International Swimming Pool and | ||
Spa Code to certain pools, spas, and other swimming areas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 341.0645, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt by rule pool | ||
safety standards necessary to prevent drowning. The standards must: | ||
(1) be at least as stringent as those imposed under the | ||
federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (15 U.S.C. | ||
Section 8001 et seq.); and | ||
(2) comply with a version of the International | ||
Swimming Pool and Spa Code, as defined by Section 214.103, Local | ||
Government Code, that is not older than the version in effect on May | ||
1, 2019. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the department is not | ||
required to take the following actions as required by the | ||
International Swimming Pool and Spa Code: | ||
(1) establish an enforcement program; | ||
(2) establish an application and permitting program; | ||
(3) establish an inspection program; | ||
(4) establish a plan review program for new | ||
construction; | ||
(5) review additions or renovations to existing pools | ||
and spas; or | ||
(6) conduct construction inspections for new pools and | ||
spas or for pools and spas that are renovated or for which additions | ||
are made. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 214.103(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the | ||
International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, as it existed on May 1, | ||
2019, is adopted as the municipal swimming pool and spa code in this | ||
state. A municipality may adopt a more recent version of the | ||
International Swimming Pool and Spa Code to apply in the | ||
municipality. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |