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AL HB598
Bill
Status
5/3/2011
Primary Sponsor
Mike Hill
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AI Summary
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Requires newly installed residential elevators in private residences and residential elevators in other locations to be inspected and receive a certificate of operation from the Elevator Safety Review Board administrator.
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Waives certificate of operation fees for all new and existing stairway chairlifts in private residences and allows private residence owners to request annual inspections at their discretion.
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Authorizes the board administrator to require any conveyance out of compliance with safety standards to be placed out of service until reinspected and found compliant.
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Requires inspectors to note on inspection reports for newly installed residential elevators compliance with codes governing hoistway opening protection (the "3x5 rule").
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Preempts all local regulation by prohibiting counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions from enacting laws or ordinances regarding construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of elevators and conveyances.
Legislative Description
Elevator Safety Review Board, regulation of elevators and inspection of elevators in private residences, authority to place elevators out of service, local regulation preempted, Sec. 25-13-18 am'd.
Elevator Safety Review Board
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions
5/3/2011