1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health; establishing requirements for the use of hot water pools on
1.3 certain rental properties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222,
1.4 subdivision 2d.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2d.Hot tubs on rental houseboats property.(a) Except as provided in paragraph
1.8(b), a hot water pool intended for seated recreational use, including a hot tub or whirlpool,
1.9that is located on a houseboat that is rented to the public the property of a stand-alone,
1.10single-unit rental property, offered for rent by the property owner or through a resort, and
1.11that is only intended to be used by the occupants of the rental property:
1.12 (1) is not a public pool and;
1.13 (2) is exempt from the requirements for public pools under subdivisions 1 to 2c, 4, and
1.145 and Minnesota Rules, chapter 4717, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph; and
1.15 (3) may be used by renters so long as:
1.16 (i) the water temperature in the hot water pool does not exceed 106 degrees Fahrenheit;
1.17 (ii) prior to check-in by each new rental party, the resort or property owner tests the
1.18water in the hot water pool for the concentration of chlorine or bromine, pH, and alkalinity,
1.19and the water in the hot water pool meets the requirements for disinfection residue, pH, and
1.20alkalinity in Minnesota Rules, part 4717.1750, subparts 4, 5, and 6; and
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2147
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Schultz, Greenman, Pursell, Gomez, Smith and others03/10/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy 2.1 (iii) upon rental, the resort or property owner provides renters with a notice that there
2.2is a hot water pool on the property and that the hot water pool is not subject to all of the
2.3requirements in state law and rules for public pools.
2.4 (b) A hot water pool intended for seated recreational use, including a hot tub or whirlpool,
2.5that is located on a houseboat that is rented to the public:
2.6 (1) is not a public pool;
2.7 (2) is exempt from the requirements for public pools under subdivisions 1 to 2c, 4, and
2.85 and Minnesota Rules, chapter 4717; and
2.9 (3) is exempt from the requirements under paragraph (a), clause (3).
2.10 (c) A political subdivision must not adopt a local law, rule, or ordinance that prohibits
2.11the operation of, or establishes additional requirements for, a hot water pool that meets the
2.12criteria in paragraph (a) or (b).
2.13 (d) A hot water pool under this subdivision must be conspicuously posted with the
2.14following notice to renters:
2.15 "NOTICE
2.16 This spa is exempt from certain state and local sanitary requirements that prevent disease
2.17transmission.
2.18 USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
2.19 This notice is required under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1222, subdivision 2d."
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