Senate File 334 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND
BUSINESS RELATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1013)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act modifying the fee structure relating to amusement ride
2 safety inspections conducted by the division of labor services
3 of the department of workforce development, and providing an
4 effective date.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 88A.3, Code 2007, is amended to read as
1 2 follows:
1 3 88A.3 RULES.
1 4 The commissioner shall adopt and issue rules for the safe
1 5 installation, repair, maintenance, use, operation, and
1 6 inspection of amusement devices, amusement rides, concession
1 7 booths, and related electrical equipment at carnivals and
1 8 fairs to the extent necessary for the protection of the
1 9 public. The rules shall be based upon on generally accepted
1 10 engineering standards and shall be concerned with, but not
1 11 necessarily limited to, engineering force stresses, safety
1 12 devices, and preventive maintenance. Whenever such If
1 13 standards are available in suitable form they, the standards
1 14 may be incorporated by reference. The rules shall provide for
1 15 the reporting of accidents and injuries incurred from the
1 16 operation of amusement devices or rides, concession booths, or
1 17 related electrical equipment.
1 18 The commissioner may modify or repeal any rule adopted
1 19 under the provisions of this chapter.
1 20 Sec. 2. Section 88A.4, Code 2007, is amended to read as
1 21 follows:
1 22 88A.4 PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES == NONLIABILITY AND
1 23 SPECIAL INSPECTORS.
1 24 Annual inspection fees under this chapter shall be as
1 25 follows:
1 26 1. Permit fees.
1 27 a. One through ten rides, or devices or concessions,
1 28 twenty thirty dollars.
1 29 b. Eleven or more rides, or devices or concessions, thirty
1 30 forty dollars.
1 31 2. Mechanical and electrical inspection fees for amusement
1 32 rides and devices.
1 33 a. For rides which are designed for seventy=five pounds or
1 34 less per passenger unit, sixty seventy=five dollars for each
1 35 inspection.
2 1 b. For rides which are designed for seventy=five pounds or
2 2 more and for which the manufacturer's recommended assembly
2 3 time is less than forty work hours, ninety one hundred ten
2 4 dollars for each inspection.
2 5 c. For rides for which the manufacturer's recommended
2 6 assembly time is forty work hours or more, one hundred twenty
2 7 two hundred fifty dollars for each inspection.
2 8 3. Electrical inspection of concession booths, and
2 9 amusement devices fees, thirty=five forty dollars each.
2 10 4. Special inspectors authorization fee, twenty=five
2 11 dollars each. The A special inspectors inspector's
2 12 authorization shall allow a person to perform inspections only
2 13 on rides, devices, and concession booths of an operator who
2 14 makes the request for the special inspectors inspector's
2 15 authorization. The failure of a special inspector to inform
2 16 the commissioner of violations shall not subject the
2 17 commissioner to liability for any damages incurred.
2 18 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this Act amending
2 19 section 88A.4 takes effect January 1, 2008.
2 20 EXPLANATION
2 21 Effective January 1, 2008, this bill establishes new fees
2 22 for the inspection of amusement rides and devices and for
2 23 related permits.
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