HB386 Alabama 2013 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2013
Title
Safety, urging installation of swimming pool alarms
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Existing law does not require a person,
enterprise, agency, or entity that sells swimming
pools to the general public for use in a one-family
or two-family dwelling structure to advise the
owner of the structure to install a pool alarm in
the swimming pool</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would encourage each person,
enterprise, agency, or entity that sells swimming
pools to the general public for use in a one-family
or two-family dwelling structure to advise the
owner of the structure to install a pool alarm in
the swimming pool</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would exempt from civil liability
a person who sells a swimming pool for residential
use even if the buyer of the pool was not
encouraged to install a pool alarm</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide that each pool alarm
purchased for installation in a swimming pool shall
be exempt from sales or use tax if the purchaser
certifies that the alarm is purchased for
installation in a swimming pool</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would require the Department of
Revenue to promulgate rules for the enforcement of
this act</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to swimming pools; to encourage each
person, enterprise, agency, or entity that sells swimming
pools to the general public for use in a one-family or
two-family dwelling structure to advise the owner of the
structure to install a pool alarm in the swimming pool; to
provide exemption from civil liability for the seller of a
swimming pool who did not advise the buyer of the pool to
install an alarm; to provide that each pool alarm purchased
for installation in a swimming pool shall be exempt from sales
or use taxes if the purchaser certifies that the alarm is
purchased for installation in a residential dwelling; to
require the Department of Revenue to promulgate rules for the
enforcement of this act.
</p>
Subjects
Safety
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2013 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB386 Alabama 2013 Session - Introduced |