House Amendment 8249


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     1  1    Amend House File 2326 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
     1  3 inserting the following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  Section 88A.3, Code 2007, is amended
     1  5 to read as follows:
     1  6    88A.3  RULES.
     1  7    The commissioner shall adopt and issue rules for
     1  8 the safe installation, repair, maintenance, use,
     1  9 operation, and inspection of amusement devices,
     1 10 amusement rides, concession booths, and related
     1 11 electrical equipment at carnivals and fairs to the
     1 12 extent necessary for the protection of the public.
     1 13 The rules shall be based upon on generally accepted
     1 14 engineering standards and shall be concerned with, but
     1 15 not necessarily limited to, engineering force
     1 16 stresses, safety devices, and preventive maintenance.
     1 17 Whenever such If standards are available in suitable
     1 18 form they, the standards may be incorporated by
     1 19 reference.  The rules shall provide for the reporting
     1 20 of accidents and injuries incurred from the operation
     1 21 of amusement devices or rides, concession booths, or
     1 22 related electrical equipment.
     1 23    The commissioner may modify or repeal any rule
     1 24 adopted under the provisions of this chapter.
     1 25    Sec. 2.  Section 88A.4, Code 2007, is amended to
     1 26 read as follows:
     1 27    88A.4  PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES == NONLIABILITY
     1 28 AND SPECIAL INSPECTORS.
     1 29    Annual inspection fees under this chapter shall be
     1 30 as follows:
     1 31    1.  Permit fees.
     1 32    a.  One through ten rides, or devices or
     1 33 concessions, twenty thirty dollars.
     1 34    b.  Eleven or more rides, or devices or
     1 35 concessions, thirty forty dollars.
     1 36    2.  Mechanical and electrical inspection fees for
     1 37 amusement rides and devices.
     1 38    a.  For rides which are designed for seventy=five
     1 39 pounds or less per passenger unit, sixty seventy=five
     1 40 dollars for each inspection.
     1 41    b.  For rides which are designed for seventy=five
     1 42 pounds or more and for which the manufacturer's
     1 43 recommended assembly time is less than forty work
     1 44 hours, ninety one hundred ten dollars for each
     1 45 inspection.
     1 46    c.  For rides for which the manufacturer's
     1 47 recommended assembly time is forty work hours or more,
     1 48 one hundred twenty two hundred fifty dollars for each
     1 49 inspection.
     1 50    3.  Electrical inspection of concession booths, and
     2  1 amusement devices fees, thirty=five forty dollars
     2  2 each.
     2  3    4.  Special inspectors authorization fee,
     2  4 twenty=five dollars each.  The special inspectors
     2  5 authorization shall allow a person to perform
     2  6 inspections only on rides, devices, and concession
     2  7 booths of an operator who makes the request for the
     2  8 special inspectors authorization.  The failure of a
     2  9 special inspector to inform the commissioner of
     2 10 violations shall not subject the commissioner to
     2 11 liability for any damages incurred.
     2 12    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The portion of the
     2 13 section of this Act amending section 88A.4,
     2 14 subsections 1 through 3, takes effect January 1,
     2 15 2009.>
     2 16 #2.  Title page, line 1, by striking the words
     2 17 <inspections conducted by> and inserting the
     2 18 following:  <inspection fees and>.
     2 19 #3.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
     2 20 word <development> the following:  <and providing an
     2 21 effective date>.
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     2 25 HUSER of Polk
     2 26 HF 2326.701 82
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