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| 1 | AN ACT concerning elevator regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 312/10)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| 8 | Sec. 10. Applicability.
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| 9 | (a) This Act covers the construction, operation, | ||||||
| 10 | inspection,
testing,
maintenance, alteration, and repair of | ||||||
| 11 | the following equipment, its associated
parts, and
its | ||||||
| 12 | hoistways (except as modified by subsection (c) of this | ||||||
| 13 | Section):
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| 14 | (1) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a | ||||||
| 15 | car or platform,
which move between 2 or more landings. | ||||||
| 16 | This equipment includes, but is not
limited
to, the | ||||||
| 17 | following (also see ASME A17.1, ASME A17.3, and ASME | ||||||
| 18 | A18.1):
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| 19 | (A) Elevators.
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| 20 | (B) Platform lifts and stairway chair lifts.
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| 21 | (2) Power driven stairways and walkways for carrying | ||||||
| 22 | persons between
landings. This equipment includes, but is | ||||||
| 23 | not limited to, the following (also
see ASME A17.1 and ASME | ||||||
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| 1 | A17.3):
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| 2 | (A) Escalators.
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| 3 | (B) Moving walks.
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| 4 | (3) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a | ||||||
| 5 | car, which serves
2 or more landings and is restricted to | ||||||
| 6 | the carrying of material by its
limited
size or limited | ||||||
| 7 | access to the car. This equipment includes, but is not | ||||||
| 8 | limited
to, the
following (also see ASME A17.1 and ASME | ||||||
| 9 | A17.3):
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| 10 | (A) Dumbwaiters.
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| 11 | (B) Material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic | ||||||
| 12 | transfer
devices.
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| 13 | (b) This Act covers the construction, operation, | ||||||
| 14 | inspection,
maintenance,
alteration, and repair of automatic | ||||||
| 15 | guided transit vehicles on guideways with
an
exclusive
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| 16 | right-of-way. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, | ||||||
| 17 | automated people
movers (also see ASCE 21).
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| 18 | (c) This Act does not apply to the following equipment:
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| 19 | (1) Material hoists within the scope of ANSI A10.5.
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| 20 | (2)
Manlifts within the scope of ASME A90.1.
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| 21 | (3) Mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms within the | ||||||
| 22 | scope of ANSI A92.
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| 23 | (4) Powered platforms and equipment for exterior and | ||||||
| 24 | interior
maintenance within the scope of ANSI 120.1.
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| 25 | (5) Conveyors and related equipment within the scope of | ||||||
| 26 | ASME B20.1.
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| 1 | (6) Cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings
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| 2 | within the scope of ASME B30.
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| 3 | (7) Industrial trucks within the scope of ASME B56.
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| 4 | (8) Portable equipment, except for portable escalators | ||||||
| 5 | that are covered by ANSI A17.1.
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| 6 | (9) Tiering or piling machines used to move materials | ||||||
| 7 | to and from
storage located and operating entirely within | ||||||
| 8 | one story.
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| 9 | (10) Equipment for feeding or positioning materials at | ||||||
| 10 | machine tools,
printing presses, etc.
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| 11 | (11) Skip or furnace hoists.
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| 12 | (12) Wharf ramps.
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| 13 | (13) Railroad car lifts or dumpers.
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| 14 | (14) Line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving | ||||||
| 15 | platforms, and similar
equipment used for installing an | ||||||
| 16 | elevator by a contractor licensed in this
State.
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| 17 | (15) (Blank).
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| 18 | (16) Conveyances located in a private residence not | ||||||
| 19 | accessible to the public. | ||||||
| 20 | (17) Special purpose personnel elevators within the | ||||||
| 21 | scope of ASME A17.1 and used only by authorized personnel | ||||||
| 22 | (Blank). | ||||||
| 23 | (d) This Act does not apply to a municipality with a | ||||||
| 24 | population over 500,000.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 94-698, eff. 11-22-05; 95-573, eff. 8-31-07.)
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| 26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.
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