House File 53 HOUSE FILE BY WILDERDYKE Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act permitting the use of residential elevators in certain 2 churches to transport persons with disabilities. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1816HH 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 disabilities. 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. After inspection, an 1 11 eligible church or house of worship shall promptly post a sign 1 12 at the entrance to an elevator installed pursuant to this 1 13 subsection stating the following: "In accordance with 1 14 national consensus safety standards, the labor commissioner 1 15 has deemed that restricted=use elevators are unsafe except for 1 16 residential use due to weight restrictions and other safety 1 17 concerns. Enter at your own risk." For purposes of this 1 18 subsection, an "eligible church or house of worship" means a 1 19 church or house of worship located in a building constructed 1 20 prior to July 1, 2003, and with a building capacity of five 1 21 hundred persons or less. 1 22 EXPLANATION 1 23 This bill requires the labor commissioner to adopt rules 1 24 allowing residential elevators in eligible churches where the 1 25 elevators are only used to transport a restricted number of 1 26 persons with disabilities. The bill further provides that 1 27 once an elevator has been installed as permitted by this bill, 1 28 it shall be subject to inspection only once. In addition, the 1 29 bill provides that once the inspection has been completed, the 1 30 church shall place a warning sign at the entrance to the 1 31 elevator indicating that the labor commissioner has deemed 1 32 this type of elevator unsafe except for residential use. The 1 33 bill defines eligible churches as churches in buildings 1 34 constructed prior to July 1, 2003, with a building capacity of 1 35 500 persons or less. 2 1 LSB 1816HH 80 2 2 ec/sh/8