ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, Nos. 2059 and 2141

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

ADOPTED JUNE 10, 1996

Sponsored by Assemblymen CORODEMUS, COTTRELL, MALONE, T. SMITH, MORAN, Assemblywoman VANDERVALK, Assemblymen ARNONE, HOLZAPFEL, KELLY, IMPREVEDUTO and Assemblywoman TURNER

An Act concerning the adoption of amendments to the electrical subcode and supplementing P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.).

      Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

      1. The Commissioner of Community Affairs, in consultation with the code advisory board, shall adopt a rule or regulation that requires the owner or operator of any commercial spa, hot tub, whirlpool bath or similar unit to provide, in close proximity to the unit, a cutoff switch that will immediately disconnect power from the unit's motor for the purpose of deactivating its recirculation system. The rule or regulation shall also require the posting of a sign on the unit indicating the location of the cutoff switch. These requirements shall apply to units installed before, on and after the effective date of this act.

      2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fifth month after enactment, except that upon enactment the commissioner may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.

Directs Commissioner of Community Affairs to require readily accessible safety cutoff switches on commercial hot tubs, spas and similar units.