PRINTER'S NO. 83
No. 111 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY D. R. WRIGHT, HALUSKA, ROONEY, STABACK, TRELLO AND
CIVERA, JANUARY 19, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, JANUARY 19, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 2, 1913 (P.L.396, No.267), entitled "An
2 act creating a Department of Labor and Industry; defining its
3 powers and duties; establishing an Industrial Board;
4 providing for the appointment of a Commissioner of Labor,
5 inspectors, statisticians, clerks, and others to enforce the
6 provisions of this act, and providing salaries for the same;
7 prescribing a standard of reasonable and adequate protection
8 to be observed in the rooms, buildings, and places where
9 labor is employed; empowering the said Industrial Board to
10 make, alter, amend, and repeal rules and regulations relating
11 thereto; transferring the powers and duties of the Department
12 of Factory Inspection to the Department of Labor and
13 Industry, and abolishing the Department of Factory
14 Inspection; and providing a penalty for the violation of the
15 provisions of this act, or the rules and regulations of the
16 said board," requiring safety bars, foot rests or safety
17 belts in aerial chair ski lifts.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The act of June 2, 1913 (P.L.396, No.267),
21 entitled "An act creating a Department of Labor and Industry;
22 defining its powers and duties; establishing an Industrial
23 Board; providing for the appointment of a Commissioner of Labor,
24 inspectors, statisticians, clerks, and others to enforce the
25 provisions of this act, and providing salaries for the same;
1 prescribing a standard of reasonable and adequate protection to
2 be observed in the rooms, buildings, and places where labor is
3 employed; empowering the said Industrial Board to make, alter,
4 amend, and repeal rules and regulations relating thereto;
5 transferring the powers and duties of the Department of Factory
6 Inspection to the Department of Labor and Industry, and
7 abolishing the Department of Factory Inspection; and providing a
8 penalty for the violation of the provisions of this act, or the
9 rules and regulations of the said board," is amended by adding a
10 section to read:
11 Section 13.1. Aerial Chair Ski Lifts.--(a) Each aerial
12 chair ski lift shall be equipped with a safety bar, foot rest or
13 safety belt, each of a type approved by the Department of Labor
14 and Industry.
15 (b) As used in this section, the term "aerial chair ski
16 lift" means a type of transportation in which passengers are
17 carried on chairs, attached to and suspended from a moving wire
18 rope or attached to a moving wire rope or chain and supported on
19 a standing wire rope or other structure.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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