PRINTER'S NO. 2942
No. 2287 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY B. F. O'BRIEN, COSLETT, HASAY, MUSTO AND SHUPNIK,
FEBRUARY 25, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE,
FEBRUARY 25, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 2, 1929 (P.L.1518, No.452), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act regulating the construction, equipment,
3 maintenance, operation and inspection of elevators; granting
4 certain authority to and imposing certain duties upon the
5 Department of Labor and Industry; providing fees for
6 inspection of elevators, certificates of operation, and
7 approval of plans; providing penalties for violations of this
8 act; and repealing all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
9 with this act," prohibiting mandatory construction on
10 existing elevators under certain circumstances.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 3, act of May 2, 1929 (P.L.1518, No.452),
14 referred to as the Elevator Regulation Law, amended July 29,
15 1941 (P.L.581, No.246), is amended to read:
16 Section 3. Rules and Regulations.--To carry out the
17 provisions and the intent and purpose of this act, the
18 department shall have power, and its duty shall be, to make,
19 alter, amend or repeal rules and regulations for the
20 construction, installation, maintenance, operation and
21 inspection of elevators used or destined for use in this
1 Commonwealth, and shall make specifications for the construction
2 and equipment of such elevators. No elevator shall be permitted
3 to be installed and used in this Commonwealth which does not
4 comply with the rules and regulations herein provided for.
5 No rules and regulations shall be adopted prohibiting the use
6 of man lifts, except only when such man lifts are found to have
7 been incorrectly installed, to be mechanically defective, or to
8 be operating under some unnecessary hazard.
9 No rules or regulations shall be adopted requiring
10 construction on existing elevators unless such elevators are
11 found to be incorrectly installed or to be mechanically
12 defective.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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