SB-0628, As Passed Senate, October 17, 2007

SENATE BILL No. 628

June 28, 2007, Introduced by Senators JELINEK, KUIPERS, RICHARDVILLE, ALLEN and JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

by amending section 12542 (MCL 333.12542).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 12542. The owner or person in charge of a public bathing

beach shall may provide and maintain suitable and adequate safety

and rescue equipment and suitable and adequate means of

communication with outside sources of assistance. , which If the

owner or person in charge of a public bathing beach provides and

maintains safety and rescue equipment or means of communication

under this section, that equipment or means of communication shall

be available and accessible at the public bathing beach when it is

open to bathers. If the owner or person in charge of a public

bathing beach provides and maintains safety and rescue equipment or

means of communication under this section, that action constitutes

the exercise or discharge of a governmental function.