Government Relations Resources

  
    Six Ways You Can Help With Government Relations

National Government Relations Resources:

Your National Legislative Action Center

Keep current on Important issues, recent votes, current legislation. Search the House and Senate current committee schedules. Find your elected officials, and  local media outlets, and more.

 

Track a National Bill

Library of Congress: Bill Search

House:

Senate:

 

US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health   Administration

http://www.osha.gov/

http://www.osha-safety-training.net/

 

Information on  H-2B Visas Legislation

 

Standards:

ANSI Pool and Spa Standards


Drought and Water Conservation Strategies 
            Industry centered information


Consumer Water and Energy Information:

Water and Energy Conservation Tips

Health and Safety links
Water Safety Checklist

                    Swim CD/CDC Healthy Living
               Recreational Guides Index
 

State and Local Government Information

(For Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi,  Oklahoma, New Mexico,  Texas, Wyoming)

 

Arkansas: 

Colorado:

Louisiana:

Mississippi

New Mexico:

Oklahoma: 

Texas:

    Texas Dept of Health - Public Pool and Spa Rules 
                Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   

                Texas Dept. of Licensing and Regulation

 

   Track a Bill in your State

 

Arkansas

Arkansas General Assembly

 

Colorado

State Legislature Information

 

Louisiana

Louisiana State Legislature

Louisiana House of Representatives

Louisiana Senate

Legislative Auditor

 

Mississippi

Legislative Bill Status System

Legislative PEER Committee

Mississippi State Legislature

 

New Mexico 

New Mexico Legislature

 

Oklahoma

Legislative Service Bureau

House of Representatives

House of Representatives Media Division

State Senate

 

Texas:

Texas Legislature Online

Texas House of Representatives

Texas Senate

Legislative Budget Board

Legislative Council

Legislative Reference Library

Sunset Advisory Commission

 

Wyoming:

Wyoming State Legislature

 

 

   State Pool and Spa Codes

Arkansas

Colorado

Louisiana
(This link leads you to Title 51 Public Health Sanitary Code for the state of Louisiana
NOTE: 347 pages in the file. See pages 293-307 for Part XXIV Swimming Pools and Natural or Semi-Artificial Swimming or Bathing Places. (PDF file.)

 

Mississippi- CNA

 

New Mexico

 

Oklahoma
Chapter 320 Public Bathing Place Operational Regulations

Chapter 315 Public Bathing Place Facility Standards

 

Texas

 

Wyoming

(Scroll down the screen to "2003 Pool & Spa Regulations.")

 Laramie Co./Cheyenne, WY

 

   Other Association Resources

 

Aquatic Professional Education Council – Texas

California Spa and Pool Industry Education Council

North East Spa and Pool Association (NESPA)

 

 

 

 

Pam Vinje
Regional Manager
Houston, TX, 77041  
Phone:  281-807-7004
Fax:  832-565-1088
E-mail:  pvinje@APSP.org