House File 203 HOUSE FILE BY WILDERDYKE Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act permitting residential elevators to be used in certain 2 churches to transport persons with special needs. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2377HH 80 5 ec/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 89A.3, Code 2003, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. The commissioner shall adopt rules 1 4 permitting elevators which are permitted for residential use 1 5 to be used in an eligible church or house of worship where the 1 6 elevators are only used to transport a restricted number of 1 7 persons with special needs. The rules shall provide that an 1 8 elevator installed pursuant to this subsection shall be 1 9 inspected upon the installation of the elevator and shall not 1 10 be subject to any further inspection. For purposes of this 1 11 subsection, an "eligible church or house of worship" means a 1 12 church or house of worship located in a building constructed 1 13 prior to July 1, 2003, and with a building capacity of five 1 14 hundred or fewer persons. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill requires the labor commissioner to adopt rules 1 17 allowing residential elevators in eligible churches where the 1 18 elevators are only used to transport a restricted number of 1 19 persons with special needs. The bill further provides that 1 20 once an elevator has been installed as permitted by this bill, 1 21 it shall be subject to inspection only once. The bill defines 1 22 eligible churches as churches in buildings constructed prior 1 23 to July 1, 2003, with a building capacity of 500 or fewer 1 24 persons. 1 25 LSB 2377HH 80 1 26 ec/sh/8 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35