Full Text of HB5610 97th General Assembly
HB5610 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5610 Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Michael Unes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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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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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is | 5 | | amended 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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)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 | 9 | | registrations.
| 10 | | (a) All new conveyance installations regulated by this Act
| 11 | | shall be performed by a person, firm, or
company to which a | 12 | | license to install or service conveyances has been issued.
| 13 | | Subsequent
to installation, the licensed person, firm, or | 14 | | company must certify compliance
with the
applicable Sections of | 15 | | this Act. Prior to any conveyance being used, the
property | 16 | | owner or
lessee must obtain a certificate of operation from the | 17 | | Administrator or Local Administrator. A
fee as authorized by | 18 | | Section 35 of this Act or as set by the Local Administrator | 19 | | shall be paid for the certificate of operation. It shall be
the | 20 | | responsibility
of the owner to complete and submit first time
| 21 | | registration for new
installations.
| 22 | | (b) (Blank).
| 23 | | (c) A certificate of operation is renewable annually, |
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| 1 | | except that a certificate of operation is renewable every 4 3 | 2 | | years for a conveyance (i) that is located in a building owned | 3 | | and occupied by any church, synagogue, or other building, | 4 | | structure, or place used primarily for religious worship and is | 5 | | the only conveyance in the building, (ii) that is under the | 6 | | jurisdiction of the Administrator, (iii) that is limited in use | 7 | | to 2 levels, (iv) that is used primarily for a fraternal or | 8 | | veterans' organizations, (v) that is in a facility owned or | 9 | | operated by a not-for-profit organization, and (vi) (iv) for | 10 | | which the church, synagogue, or other building, structure, or | 11 | | place used primarily for religious worship has an annual | 12 | | maintenance examination that includes the applicable category | 13 | | tests. For these occupancies, on-site witnessing of the | 14 | | category test shall be witnessed every 4 3 years. Records of | 15 | | the applicable maintenance checks and elevator category test | 16 | | results shall be maintained on-site by the building owner. The | 17 | | certificates
of operation
or copy thereof, must be clearly | 18 | | displayed in the conveyance for
the benefit of code enforcement | 19 | | staff.
| 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 | 22 | | 1, 2013.
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