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Consumer Protection Committee
Filed: 3/10/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3782
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3782 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act.
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| Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
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| "Movable soccer goal" means a freestanding structure |
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| consisting of at least 2 upright posts, a crossbar, and support |
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| bars that is designed: |
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| (1) to be used by adults or children for the purposes |
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| of a soccer goal; |
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| (2) to be used without any other form of support or |
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| restraint (other than pegs, stakes, or other forms of |
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| temporary anchoring device); and |
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| (3) to be able to be moved to different locations. |
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| "Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety" means the |
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| publication "Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety" |
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| published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in |
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| January, 1995 or any successor version of that publication. |
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| "Person" means any individual, business organization, park |
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| district, school, sporting club, or community center that owns |
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| or controls a moveable soccer goal.
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| Section 10. Setting up, moving, or storing a movable soccer |
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| goal. A person must follow all applicable guidelines for |
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| anchoring, securing, and counterweighting the movable soccer |
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| goal that are set forth in "Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal |
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| Safety" when setting up a movable soccer goal for use, after |
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| moving a goal previously set up, or when storing a movable |
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| soccer goal.
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| Section 15. Tip-resistant moveable soccer goals required. |
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| (a) Beginning on the effective date of this Act, no |
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| commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, |
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| wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, re-manufacture, |
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| retrofit, distribute, sell at wholesale or retail, contract to |
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| sell or resell, lease, or sublet, or otherwise place in the |
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| stream of commerce a moveable soccer goal that is not |
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| tip-resistant. |
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| (b) For purposes of this Act, a moveable soccer goal whose |
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| inside measurements are 6.5 to 8 feet (2 to 2.4 meters) high |
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| and 18 to 24 feet (5.5 to 7.3 meters) wide is not presumed to be |