HF 2456 (LSB 5041HV (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2456

BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 667)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing an exception to the Iowa state elevator code for certain multi-story commercial buildings in specified circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 89A.2, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  A conveyance installed in a building in a federally designated national historic district as long as each of the following conditions is met:
   (1)  The owner of the building owns a commercial enterprise that occupies the first story of the building.
   (2)  The building has no more than two stories above the first story of the building.
   (3)  The owner of the building lives in the upper stories of the building.
   (4)  The building has sufficient physical barriers or safety protocols to ensure that only the owner, the owner’s guests, or a government official acting in an official capacity can access the elevator.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill establishes an exception to Code chapter 89A, the “Iowa State Elevator Code”, for a conveyance installed in a building in a federally designated national historic district as long as certain conditions are met. The conditions are that the owner of the building owns a commercial enterprise that occupies the first story of the building, the building has no more than two stories above the first story of the building, the owner of the building lives in the upper stories of the building, and the building has sufficient physical barriers or safety protocols to ensure that only the owner, the owner’s guests, or a government official acting in an official capacity can access the elevator.
   Code chapter 89A defines “conveyance” as an elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk, lift, or inclined or vertical wheelchair lift subject to regulation under Code chapter 89A, including hoistways, rails, guides, and all other related mechanical and electrical equipment.