HB619 Summary

• Amends Section 25-13-18 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to expand regulation of elevators and conveyances by the Elevator Safety Review Board, which is administratively located within the Department of Labor.

• Requires newly installed residential elevators in private residences and all residential elevators in other locations to be inspected and receive a certificate of operation, with inspection fees waived for stairway chairlifts.

• Authorizes private residence owners to request annual inspections at their discretion and requires inspectors to note compliance with hoistway opening protection codes (the "3x5 rule") for newly installed residential elevators.

• Grants the board administrator authority to require any elevator or conveyance out of compliance to be placed out of service until reinspected and found compliant; exempts private residence owners from penalty provisions.

• Preempts local regulation by prohibiting counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions from making laws or ordinances regarding construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of elevators and conveyances.