Bill Summary for H 598 (2017-2018)

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Apr 5 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 598 (Public) Filed Wednesday, April 5, 2017
AN ACT TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS AT PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS.
Intro. by Setzer, Howard, Dollar, Henson.

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Includes several whereas clauses.

Enacts GS 130A-281.5 requiring all public swimming pools, no later than 90 days after the act becomes law, to ensure that the electrical circuit or receptacle providing power to the pool's power pump motor includes ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel. 

Amends GS 130A-282(a)(5) to add electrical safety as set out in GS 130A-281.5, as enacted, to the operation and safety rules the Commission for Public Health is required to adopt for the protection of the public health and safety.