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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 702
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2596
Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT CONCERNING A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE F REE SWIMMING
LESSONS TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) The Department of Energy 1
and Environmental Protection shall, within available appropriations, 2
establish and administer an annual program to provide swimming 3
lessons to children under the age of eighteen. Such program shall (1) be 4
offered free of charge to participants, (2) operate during the summer 5
months, and (3) be administered at state parks in accordance with the 6
provisions of subsection (b) of this section. The department may 7
contract with a nonprofit entity that provides swimming lessons and 8
water safety skills instruction to provide swimming lessons under the 9
program. 10
(b) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 11
administer such program at not fewer than eight state parks. The 12
department shall adopt criteria for the selection of state parks, with 13
priority given to those state parks that (1) contain appropriate facilities, 14
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lessons for residents. 16
(c) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may 17
accept gifts, grants and donations, from any source, public or private, 18
for the purposes of establishing and administering such program. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
KID Joint Favorable
APP Joint Favorable