House File 2073 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY HUSER and BUKTA
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing that the state elevator code supersedes
2 conflicting provisions of building codes.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 5476YH 81
5 eg/cf/24
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 89A.2, Code 2005, is amended to read as
1 2 follows:
1 3 89A.2 SCOPE OF CHAPTER.
1 4 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any
1 5 facility installed in any single private dwelling residence,
1 6 to facilities subject to regulation under Iowa Administrative
1 7 Code administrative code, chapter 26 of the rules of the
1 8 division of labor services (regulation 29 C.F.R. } 1926.552),
1 9 to lifts subject to regulation under chapter 88 or to
1 10 facilities over which an agency of the federal government is
1 11 asserting similar enforcement jurisdiction. Provisions of
1 12 this chapter supersede similar conflicting provisions
1 13 contained in building codes of this state or any subdivision
1 14 thereof.
1 15 EXPLANATION
1 16 Code chapter 89A contains regulations for elevators. An
1 17 elevator safety board within the division of labor services in
1 18 the department of workforce development oversees the
1 19 installation, repair, maintenance, alteration, use, and
1 20 operation of elevators and other facilities in the state.
1 21 Currently, a provision of the elevator chapter supersedes a
1 22 similar provision contained in state or local building codes.
1 23 This bill provides that a provision of the elevator chapter
1 24 supersedes a conflicting provision contained in the building
1 25 codes.
1 26 LSB 5476YH 81
1 27 eg:rj/cf/24.1