Bill Text: IL HB0831 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act. Provides that it shall be the responsibility of the owner or the owner's representative (rather than the owner) to complete and submit first-time registration for new installations prior to the issuance of the initial certificate of operation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0831 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB0831-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 95 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 312/95)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
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8 | Sec. 95. New installations; annual inspections and | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | registrations.
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10 | (a) All new conveyance installations regulated by this Act
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11 | shall be performed by a person, firm, or
company to which a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | license to install or service conveyances has been issued.
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13 | Subsequent
to installation, the licensed person, firm, or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | company must certify compliance
with the
applicable Sections | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | of this Act. Prior to any conveyance being used, the
property | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | owner or
lessee must obtain a certificate of operation from | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the Administrator or Local Administrator. A
fee as authorized | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | by Section 35 of this Act or as set by the Local Administrator | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | shall be paid for the certificate of operation. It shall be
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20 | responsibility
of the owner or the owner's representative to | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | complete and submit first-time first time
registration for new
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22 | installations prior to the issuance of the initial certificate | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of operation .
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1 | (b) (Blank).
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2 | (c) A certificate of operation is renewable annually, | ||||||
3 | except that a certificate of operation is renewable every 3 | ||||||
4 | years for a conveyance (i) that is located in a building owned | ||||||
5 | and occupied by any church, synagogue, or other building, | ||||||
6 | structure, or place used primarily for religious worship and | ||||||
7 | is the only conveyance in the building, (ii) that is under the | ||||||
8 | jurisdiction of the Administrator, (iii) that is limited in | ||||||
9 | use to 2 levels, and (iv) for which the church, synagogue, or | ||||||
10 | other building, structure, or place used primarily for | ||||||
11 | religious worship has an annual maintenance examination that | ||||||
12 | includes the applicable category tests. For these occupancies, | ||||||
13 | on-site witnessing of the category test shall be witnessed | ||||||
14 | every 3 years. Records of the applicable maintenance checks | ||||||
15 | and elevator category test results shall be maintained on-site | ||||||
16 | by the building owner. The certificates
of operation
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17 | thereof, must be clearly displayed in the conveyance for
the | ||||||
18 | benefit of code enforcement staff.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 96-54, eff. 7-23-09; 97-310, eff. 8-11-11 .)
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