HOUSE BILL No. 5002

 

June 28, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Schuitmaker, Huizenga, Proos, Marleau, Moss, LeBlanc, Bauer and Acciavatti and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources.

 

     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.