Mississippi Senate Bill 2874 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Establishing Minimum Standards For Conveyance Personnel And Services; To Provide For The Scope Of The Act; To Define Certain Terms Used In The Act; To Provide For The Licensure Of Elevator Contractors, Elevator Mechanics And Elevator Inspectors, And To Establish Qualifications Therefor; To Provide For Biennial Renewal Of Licenses; To Provide That Licenses May Be Suspended, Revoked Or Subject To Civil Penalties Upon Certain Violations; To Require Registration Of Existing Elevators, Platform Lifts, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks And Any Other Conveyance; To Require Installations And/or Service And Maintenance To Be Performed In Compliance With The State Fire Prevention And Building Code; To Require Permits Before A Conveyance Is Erected, Constructed, Installed Or Altered Within Buildings Or Structures; To Provide Civil Penalties For Violations Of The Act; To Provide That The Provisions Of The Act Are Not Retroactive Unless Otherwise Stated; To Provide That The Owner Of All New And Existing Conveyances Located In Any Building Or Structure Shall Have The Responsibility Of Having The Conveyance Inspected Annually By A Licensed Elevator Inspector; To Exempt From The Provisions Of This Act Any Elevator In A Private Residence; And For Related Purposes.

Conveyance installation and maintenance; establish licensure and minimum standards.

Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Business and Financial Institutions;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/SB/SB2874.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2874IN.htm