Senate File 2157 - Enrolled
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1 1 SENATE FILE 2157
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1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO AMUSEMENT RIDE SAFETY INSPECTION FEES AND SPECIAL
1 5 INSPECTORS AUTHORIZED BY THE DIVISION OF LABOR SERVICES
1 6 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING
1 7 AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 11 Section 1. Section 88A.3, Code 2007, is amended to read as
1 12 follows:
1 13 88A.3 RULES.
1 14 The commissioner shall adopt and issue rules for the safe
1 15 installation, repair, maintenance, use, operation, and
1 16 inspection of amusement devices, amusement rides, concession
1 17 booths, and related electrical equipment at carnivals and
1 18 fairs to the extent necessary for the protection of the
1 19 public. The rules shall be based upon on generally accepted
1 20 engineering standards and shall be concerned with, but not
1 21 necessarily limited to, engineering force stresses, safety
1 22 devices, and preventive maintenance. Whenever such If
1 23 standards are available in suitable form they, the standards
1 24 may be incorporated by reference. The rules shall provide for
1 25 the reporting of accidents and injuries incurred from the
1 26 operation of amusement devices or rides, concession booths, or
1 27 related electrical equipment.
1 28 The commissioner may modify or repeal any rule adopted
1 29 under the provisions of this chapter.
1 30 Sec. 2. Section 88A.4, Code 2007, is amended to read as
1 31 follows:
1 32 88A.4 PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES == NONLIABILITY AND
1 33 SPECIAL INSPECTORS.
1 34 Annual inspection fees under this chapter shall be as
1 35 follows:
2 1 1. Permit fees.
2 2 a. One through ten rides, or devices or concessions,
2 3 twenty thirty dollars.
2 4 b. Eleven or more rides, or devices or concessions, thirty
2 5 forty dollars.
2 6 2. Mechanical and electrical inspection fees for amusement
2 7 rides and devices.
2 8 a. For rides which are designed for seventy=five pounds or
2 9 less per passenger unit, sixty seventy=five dollars for each
2 10 inspection.
2 11 b. For rides which are designed for seventy=five pounds or
2 12 more and for which the manufacturer's recommended assembly
2 13 time is less than forty work hours, ninety one hundred ten
2 14 dollars for each inspection.
2 15 c. For rides for which the manufacturer's recommended
2 16 assembly time is forty work hours or more, one hundred twenty
2 17 two hundred fifty dollars for each inspection.
2 18 3. Electrical inspection of concession booths, and
2 19 amusement devices fees, thirty=five forty dollars each.
2 20 4. Special inspectors authorization fee, twenty=five
2 21 dollars each. The special inspectors authorization shall
2 22 allow a person to perform inspections only on rides, devices,
2 23 and concession booths of an operator who makes the request for
2 24 the special inspectors authorization. The failure of a
2 25 special inspector to inform the commissioner of violations
2 26 shall not subject the commissioner to liability for any
2 27 damages incurred.
2 28 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The portion of the section of
2 29 this Act amending section 88A.4, subsections 1 through 3,
2 30 takes effect January 1, 2009.
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2 34 JOHN P. KIBBIE
2 35 President of the Senate
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3 4 PATRICK J. MURPHY
3 5 Speaker of the House
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3 7 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
3 8 is known as Senate File 2157, Eighty=second General Assembly.
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3 12 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
3 13 Secretary of the Senate
3 14 Approved , 2008
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3 18 CHESTER J. CULVER
3 19 Governor