Senate Study Bill 3043 SENATE/HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BILL) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, 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 5467DP 82 5 ak/nh/5 PAG LIN 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 usedas part of an accessible route in or at a public building1 5 to transport a wheelchair as specified in the American society 1 6 of mechanical engineers safetycodes for elevators and 1 7 escalators, A17.1standard 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 5467DP 82 1 25 ak/nh/5