Senate File 2154 - Enrolled
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1 1 SENATE FILE 2154
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO INCLINED OR VERTICAL WHEELCHAIR LIFTS REGULATED BY
1 5 THE ELEVATOR SAFETY BOARD.
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1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 9 Section 1. Section 89A.1, subsection 10, Code Supplement
1 10 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 11 10. "Inclined or vertical wheelchair lift" means a lift
1 12 used as part of an accessible route in or at a public building
1 13 to transport a wheelchair as specified in the American society
1 14 of mechanical engineers safety codes for elevators and
1 15 escalators, A17.1 standard for platform lifts and stairway
1 16 chairlifts, A18.1.
1 17 Sec. 2. Section 89A.2, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to
1 18 read as follows:
1 19 89A.2 SCOPE OF CHAPTER.
1 20 1. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any
1 21 of the following:
1 22 a. Any conveyance installed in any single private dwelling
1 23 residence, to conveyances.
1 24 b. Material hoists subject to regulation under 875 IAC
1 25 26.1 and 29 C.F.R. } 1926.552, to lifts.
1 26 c. Lifts subject to regulation under chapter 88, to
1 27 material.
1 28 d. Material lift elevators existing in the same location
1 29 since prior to January 1, 1975, or to conveyances.
1 30 e. Conveyances over which an agency of the federal
1 31 government is asserting similar enforcement jurisdiction.
1 32 2. Provisions of this chapter supersede conflicting
1 33 provisions contained in building codes of this state or any
1 34 subdivision thereof.
1 35 Sec. 3. Section 89A.9, subsection 2, Code Supplement 2007,
2 1 is amended to read as follows:
2 2 2. The operating permit shall indicate the type of
2 3 equipment for which it is issued, and in the case of elevators
2 4 shall state whether passenger or freight, and also shall state
2 5 the contract load and speed for each conveyance. The permit
2 6 shall be posted conspicuously in the car of an elevator, or on
2 7 or near a dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk, or inclined or
2 8 vertical wheelchair lift.
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2 11
2 12 JOHN P. KIBBIE
2 13 President of the Senate
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2 17 PATRICK J. MURPHY
2 18 Speaker of the House
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2 20 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
2 21 is known as Senate File 2154, Eighty=second General Assembly.
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2 25 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
2 26 Secretary of the Senate
2 27 Approved , 2008
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2 31 CHESTER J. CULVER
2 32 Governor