H0647B1528A01456 MSP:DM 06/12/07 #90 A01456
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 647
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE MAHER
Printer's No. 1528
1 Amend Sec. 102, page 2, lines 29 and 30; page 3, lines 1
2 through 9, by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
3 inserting
4 "Certification." Certification from the National Commission
5 for the Certification of Crane Operators or another organization
6 found by the State Board of Crane Operators to offer an
7 equivalent testing and certification program meeting the
8 applicable requirements of the American Society of Mechanical
9 Engineers ASME B30.5 as relating to mobile cranes, ASME B30.3 or
10 the requirements of ASME B30.4 as relating to tower cranes, and
11 the accreditation requirements of the National Commission for
12 Certifying Agencies or the American National Standards
13 Institute.
14 Amend Sec. 102, page 3, lines 14 through 23, by striking out
15 all of said lines and inserting
16 "Crane." A power-operated hoisting machine that has a power-
17 operated winch, load line and boom moving laterally by the
18 rotation of the machine on a carrier or base which has a
19 manufacturer's rated maximum lifting capacity of 15 tons or more
20 as specified in ASME B30.5, and includes a derrick, crawler
21 crane and wheel-mounted crane of both truck and self-propelled
22 wheel type. The term includes a tower crane, which has a
23 manufacturer's rated maximum lifting capacity of ten meter tons
24 or more, as specified in ASME B30.3 and ASME B30.4. The term
25 does not include a forklift, digger derrick truck, aircraft,
26 bucket truck, vehicle or machine not having a power-operated
27 winch, tow truck or wrecking crane when used for towing or
28 vehicle recovery, locomotive crane, load line or crane used in
29 longshore or other intermodal operations, or a crane used in
30 manufacturing applications.
31 Amend Sec. 504, page 12, line 2, by inserting after "board"
32 in consultation with the commissioner
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