House File 449 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  UPMEYER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to entertainment facilities subject to boiler
  2    inspection requirements.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1581YH 82
  5 ak/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 89.2, subsection 7, paragraphs a and b,
  1  2 Code 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  A building or structure primarily used as a theater,
  1  4 motion picture theater, museum, arena, exhibition hall,
  1  5 school, college, dormitory, bowling alley, physical fitness
  1  6 center, family entertainment center, lodge hall, union hall,
  1  7 pool hall, casino, place of worship, funeral home, institution
  1  8 of health and custodial care, hospital, or child care or adult
  1  9 day services facility.  For the purposes of this paragraph,
  1 10 "family entertainment center" does not include a building
  1 11 containing fewer than five amusement devices as defined in
  1 12 section 88A.1.
  1 13    b.  A building or structure, a portion of which is
  1 14 primarily used for amusement, entertainment, or instruction.
  1 15 For the purposes of this paragraph, a portion of a building or
  1 16 structure used primarily for amusement or entertainment does
  1 17 not include a space that contains fewer than five amusement
  1 18 devices as defined in section 88A.1.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill establishes that a minimum number of amusement
  1 21 devices must be present in order for a facility to be a family
  1 22 entertainment center or to be considered primarily used for
  1 23 entertainment or amusement.  The bill exempts facilities with
  1 24 fewer than five amusement devices from boiler inspection
  1 25 requirements under Code chapter 89.
  1 26 LSB 1581YH 82
  1 27 ak:rj/sh/8