Bill Text: IL HB5610 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5610 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5610-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5610 Introduced , by Rep. Michael Unes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 312/95
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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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is
amended by changing Section 95 as follows:
(225 ILCS 312/95)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
Sec. 95. New installations; annual inspections and
registrations.
(a) All new conveyance installations regulated by this Act
shall be performed by a person, firm, or company to which a
license to install or service conveyances has been issued.
Subsequent to installation, the licensed person, firm, or
company must certify compliance with the applicable Sections of
this Act. Prior to any conveyance being used, the property
owner or lessee must obtain a certificate of operation from the
Administrator or Local Administrator. A fee as authorized by
Section 35 of this Act or as set by the Local Administrator
shall be paid for the certificate of operation. It shall be the
responsibility of the owner to complete and submit first time
registration for new installations.
(b) (Blank).
(c) A certificate of operation is renewable annually,

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except that a certificate of operation is renewable every 4 3
years for a conveyance (i) that is located in a building owned
and occupied by any church, synagogue, or other building,
structure, or place used primarily for religious worship and is
the only conveyance in the building, (ii) that is under the
jurisdiction of the Administrator, (iii) that is limited in use
to 2 levels, (iv) that is used primarily for a fraternal or
veterans' organizations, (v) that is in a facility owned or
operated by a not-for-profit organization, and (vi) (iv) for
which the church, synagogue, or other building, structure, or
place used primarily for religious worship has an annual
maintenance examination that includes the applicable category
tests. For these occupancies, on-site witnessing of the
category test shall be witnessed every 4 3 years. Records of
the applicable maintenance checks and elevator category test
results shall be maintained on-site by the building owner. The
certificates of operation or copy thereof, must be clearly
displayed in the conveyance for the benefit of code enforcement
staff.
(Source: P.A. 96-54, eff. 7-23-09; 97-310, eff. 8-11-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2013.