Senate File 399 - Introduced SENATE FILE 399 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1134) A BILL FOR An Act relating to swimming pool inspections and housing 1 cooperatives. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2005SV (2) 90 dg/rh
S.F. 399 Section 1. Section 135I.2, Code 2023, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 135I.2 Applicability. 3 This chapter applies to all swimming pools and spas owned or 4 operated by local or state government, or commercial interests 5 or private entities including but not limited to facilities 6 operated by cities, counties, public or private school 7 corporations, hotels, motels, camps, apartments, condominiums, 8 and health or country clubs. This chapter does not apply to 9 facilities intended for single family use or to a swimming 10 pool or spa operated by a homeowners’ association or housing 11 cooperative representing seventy-two or fewer dwelling units 12 if the association’s bylaws of the association or cooperative , 13 which also apply to a rental agreement relative to any of the 14 dwelling units, include an exemption from the requirements of 15 this chapter , provide for inspection of the swimming pool or 16 spa by an entity other than the department or local board of 17 health, and assume any liability associated with operation of 18 the swimming pool or spa. This chapter does not apply to a 19 swimming pool or spa used exclusively for therapy under the 20 direct supervision of qualified medical personnel. To avoid 21 duplication and promote coordination of inspection activities, 22 the department may enter into written agreements with a local 23 board of health to provide for inspection and enforcement in 24 accordance with this chapter . 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 This bill exempts a housing cooperative from the 29 requirements of Code chapter 135I (swimming pools and spas) 30 if the housing cooperative represents 72 or fewer dwelling 31 units; the cooperative’s bylaws apply to a rental agreement 32 relative to any of the dwelling units; the cooperative’s bylaws 33 include an exemption from Code chapter 135I requirements; 34 the cooperative’s bylaws provide for inspection of the 35 -1- LSB 2005SV (2) 90 dg/rh 1/ 2
S.F. 399 swimming pool or spa by an entity other than the department 1 of health and human services or local board of health; and 2 the cooperative’s bylaws assume any liability associated with 3 operation of the swimming pool or spa. 4 -2- LSB 2005SV (2) 90 dg/rh 2/ 2