General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6969
January Session, 2015 *_____HB06969PS____031915____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 6969
January Session, 2015
*_____HB06969PS____031915____*
AN ACT CONCERNING SWIMMING POOL SAFETY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1) "swimming pool" means any structure intended for swimming that is installed above ground and is greater than twenty-four inches in depth, and (2) "swimming pool installer" means a person, who for financial compensation, installs a swimming pool.
(b) On and after the adoption of regulations required pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, no person shall install a swimming pool unless such person holds a swimming pool installer's license issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.
(c) Not later than April 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section, including establishing the amount and type of experience, training, continuing education and examination requirements for a person to obtain and renew a swimming pool installer's license.
(d) Any person who installs a swimming pool on residential property owned by such person shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(e) The holder of a swimming pool installer's license issued pursuant to this section shall comply with the provisions of chapter 400 of the general statutes regarding registration as a home improvement contractor.
(f) A person licensed as a swimming pool installer pursuant to this section shall not perform electrical work, plumbing and piping work or heating, piping and cooling work, as defined in section 20-330 of the general statutes, unless such person is licensed to perform such work pursuant to chapter 393 of the general statutes.
(g) On and after the adoption of regulations required pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, any person applying to the Department of Consumer Protection for a swimming pool installer's license shall be issued such license without examination upon demonstration by the applicant of experience and training equivalent to the experience and training required to qualify for examination for such license, if such applicant makes such application to the department not later than January 1, 2017.
(h) The initial fee for a swimming pool installer's license shall be one hundred fifty dollars and the renewal fee for such license shall be one hundred dollars. Licenses shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
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