House File 2327 - Introduced



                                     HOUSE FILE       
                                     BY  COMMITTEE ON LABOR

                                     (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 602)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to inclined or vertical wheelchair lifts
  2    regulated by the elevator safety board.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5467HV 82
  5 ak/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 89A.1, subsection 10, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    10.  "Inclined or vertical wheelchair lift" means a lift
  1  4 used as part of an accessible route in or at a public building
  1  5 to transport a wheelchair as specified in the American society
  1  6 of mechanical engineers safety codes for elevators and
  1  7 escalators, A17.1 standard for platform lifts and stairway
  1  8 chairlifts, A18.1.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 89A.9, subsection 2, Code Supplement 2007,
  1 10 is amended to read as follows:
  1 11    2.  The operating permit shall indicate the type of
  1 12 equipment for which it is issued, and in the case of elevators
  1 13 shall state whether passenger or freight, and also shall state
  1 14 the contract load and speed for each conveyance.  The permit
  1 15 shall be posted conspicuously in the car of an elevator, or on
  1 16 or near a dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk, or inclined or
  1 17 vertical wheelchair lift.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill updates the definition of "inclined or vertical
  1 20 wheelchair lift" to reflect the current American society of
  1 21 mechanical engineers safety standards.  The bill also
  1 22 specifies that operating permits need to be posted near
  1 23 inclined or vertical wheelchair lifts.
  1 24 LSB 5467HV 82
  1 25 ak/nh/5