97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5610

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Michael Unes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 312/95

    Amends the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act. Provides that a certificate of operation is renewable every 4 years (instead of every 3 years) for a conveyance that meets certain specifications including conveyances that are used primarily for a fraternal or veterans' organizations or that is in a facility owned or operated by a not-for-profit organization. Effective January 1, 2013.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is
5amended by changing Section 95 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 312/95)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
8    Sec. 95. New installations; annual inspections and
9registrations.
10    (a) All new conveyance installations regulated by this Act
11shall be performed by a person, firm, or company to which a
12license to install or service conveyances has been issued.
13Subsequent to installation, the licensed person, firm, or
14company must certify compliance with the applicable Sections of
15this Act. Prior to any conveyance being used, the property
16owner or lessee must obtain a certificate of operation from the
17Administrator or Local Administrator. A fee as authorized by
18Section 35 of this Act or as set by the Local Administrator
19shall be paid for the certificate of operation. It shall be the
20responsibility of the owner to complete and submit first time
21registration for new installations.
22    (b) (Blank).
23    (c) A certificate of operation is renewable annually,

 

 

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1except that a certificate of operation is renewable every 4 3
2years for a conveyance (i) that is located in a building owned
3and occupied by any church, synagogue, or other building,
4structure, or place used primarily for religious worship and is
5the only conveyance in the building, (ii) that is under the
6jurisdiction of the Administrator, (iii) that is limited in use
7to 2 levels, (iv) that is used primarily for a fraternal or
8veterans' organizations, (v) that is in a facility owned or
9operated by a not-for-profit organization, and (vi) (iv) for
10which the church, synagogue, or other building, structure, or
11place used primarily for religious worship has an annual
12maintenance examination that includes the applicable category
13tests. For these occupancies, on-site witnessing of the
14category test shall be witnessed every 4 3 years. Records of
15the applicable maintenance checks and elevator category test
16results shall be maintained on-site by the building owner. The
17certificates of operation or copy thereof, must be clearly
18displayed in the conveyance for the benefit of code enforcement
19staff.
20(Source: P.A. 96-54, eff. 7-23-09; 97-310, eff. 8-11-11.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
221, 2013.