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Senate Bill 968 |
Senate Author: West |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Truitt et al. |
Senate Bill 968 amends the Health and Safety Code to require an owner, manager, operator, or attendant in charge of an interactive water feature or fountain maintained for public recreation purposes to maintain the feature or fountain in a sanitary condition. The bill prescribes sanitation standards for an interactive water feature or fountain, authorizes methods other than chlorination for disinfecting an interactive water feature or fountain, and authorizes a county, a municipality, or the Department of State Health Services to take certain actions relating to the regulation of an interactive water feature or fountain. The bill requires the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt emergency rules to implement these provisions not later than the 30th day after the effective date of the bill, but provides that the bill's provisions do not apply to certain recreational water parks that use fresh water originating from a natural watercourse.