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GA SB377

Bill

Status

Passed

6/30/2020

Primary Sponsor

Burt Jones

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Reduces required inspections for power passenger elevators, freight elevators, escalators, manlifts, and moving walks from twice per year (every six months) to once per 12-month period, except for equipment in facilities governed by Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 32, which remain on a six-month inspection cycle
  • Removes the exemption that previously excluded hospitals, ambulatory health care centers, nursing homes, jails, penal institutions, airports, homeland security buildings, and high-rise buildings from the provision allowing private professional providers to perform plan reviews and inspections when local governments cannot provide timely services
  • Changes the requirement that fees for licensing testing, administrative, record keeping, and other services contracted by the Commissioner of Insurance "shall" be paid directly to service providers to "may" be paid directly, giving the Commissioner more flexibility in fee collection
  • Becomes effective upon approval by the Governor or upon becoming law without such approval

Legislative Description

Inspections; number of required annual elevator inspections; reduce

Last Action

Effective Date

6/30/2020

Full Bill Text

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