Full Text of SB0886 95th General Assembly
SB0886sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 4/30/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 886
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 886 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Sections 15 and 125 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 312/15)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 15. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
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| "Administrator" means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
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| "ANSI A10.4" means the safety requirements for personnel | 11 |
| hoists, an American
National Standard.
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| "ASCE 21" means the American Society of Civil Engineers | 13 |
| Automated People
Mover Standards.
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| "ASME A17.1" means the Safety Code for
Elevators and | 15 |
| Escalators, an American National Standard.
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| "ASME A17.3" means the Safety Code for
Existing Elevators |
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| and Escalators, an American National Standard.
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| "ASME A18.1" means the Safety Standard for
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| and Stairway Chairlifts, an American National Standard.
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| "Automated people mover" means an
installation as defined | 5 |
| as an "automated people mover" in ASCE 21.
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| "Board" means the Elevator Safety Review Board.
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| "Certificate of operation" means a certificate issued by | 8 |
| the Administrator
that indicates that the conveyance has passed | 9 |
| the required safety inspection
and tests and fees have been | 10 |
| paid as set forth in this Act.
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| "Conveyance" means any elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, | 12 |
| moving sidewalk,
platform lifts, stairway chairlifts and | 13 |
| automated people movers.
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| "Elevator" means an installation defined as an
"elevator" | 15 |
| in ASME A17.1.
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| "Elevator contractor" means any person, firm, or | 17 |
| corporation who possesses
an elevator contractor's license in | 18 |
| accordance with the provisions of Sections
40 and 55 of this | 19 |
| Act and who is engaged in the business of erecting,
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| constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing, or | 21 |
| maintaining
elevators or related conveyance covered by this | 22 |
| Act.
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| "Elevator contractor's license" means a license issued to | 24 |
| an elevator
contractor who has proven his or her qualifications | 25 |
| and ability and has been
authorized by the Elevator Safety | 26 |
| Review Board to work on conveyance equipment. It shall entitle |
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| the holder thereof to engage in the business of
constructing, | 2 |
| installing, altering, servicing, testing, repairing,
or | 3 |
| maintaining and performing electrical work on elevators or | 4 |
| related conveyances
covered by this Act within any building or | 5 |
| structure, including, but not limited to, private residences. | 6 |
| The
Administrator may issue a limited elevator contractor's | 7 |
| license authorizing a
firm or company that employs individuals | 8 |
| to carry on a business of erecting,
constructing, installing, | 9 |
| altering, servicing, repairing, or maintaining
platform lifts | 10 |
| and stairway chairlifts within any building or structure,
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| excluding
private residences.
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| "Elevator helper" means an individual registered with the | 13 |
| Administrator who works under the general direction of a | 14 |
| licensed elevator mechanic.
Licensure is not required for an | 15 |
| elevator helper.
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| "Elevator industry apprentice" means an individual who is | 17 |
| enrolled in an apprenticeship program approved by the Bureau of | 18 |
| Apprenticeship and Training of the U.S. Department of Labor and | 19 |
| who is registered by the Administrator and works under the | 20 |
| general direction of a licensed elevator mechanic.
Licensure is | 21 |
| not required for an elevator industry apprentice.
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| "Elevator inspector" means any
inspector, as that term is | 23 |
| defined in ASME QEI, who possesses an elevator inspector's
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| license in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
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| "Elevator mechanic" means any person who possesses an | 26 |
| elevator mechanic's
license in accordance with the provisions |
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| of Sections 40 and 45 of this Act and
who is engaged in | 2 |
| erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing,
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| repairing, or maintaining elevators or related conveyance | 4 |
| covered by this Act.
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| "Elevator mechanic's license" means a license issued to a | 6 |
| person who has
proven his or her qualifications and ability and | 7 |
| has been authorized by the
Elevator Safety Review Board to work | 8 |
| on conveyance equipment. It shall entitle
the holder thereof to | 9 |
| install, construct, alter, service, repair, test,
maintain, | 10 |
| and perform electrical work on elevators or related conveyance
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| covered by this Act. The Administrator may issue a limited | 12 |
| elevator mechanic's license authorizing an individual to carry | 13 |
| on a business of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, | 14 |
| servicing, repairing, or maintaining platform lifts and | 15 |
| stairway chairlifts within any building or structure.
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| "Escalator" means an installation defined as an | 17 |
| "escalator" in ASME A17.1.
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| "Existing installation" means an installation
defined as | 19 |
| an "installation, existing" in ASME A17.1.
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| "Inspector's license" or "inspection company license"
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| means a license issued to an ASME QEI certified elevator | 22 |
| inspector or inspection company that has proven the inspector's | 23 |
| or the company's qualifications and ability and has been | 24 |
| authorized by the Elevator
Safety Review Board to possess this | 25 |
| type of license. It shall entitle the
holder thereof to engage | 26 |
| in the business of inspecting elevators or related
conveyance |
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| covered by this Act.
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| "License" means a written license, duly issued by the | 3 |
| Administrator,
authorizing a person, firm, or company to carry | 4 |
| on the business of erecting,
constructing, installing, | 5 |
| altering, servicing, repairing, maintaining, or
performing | 6 |
| inspections of elevators or related conveyance covered by this | 7 |
| Act.
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| "Material alteration" means an "alteration", as defined in | 9 |
| the referenced standards.
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| "Moving walk" means an installation defined as a "moving | 11 |
| walk"
in ASME A17.1.
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| "Private residence" means a separate dwelling or a | 13 |
| multiple-family separate apartment or condominium or apartment | 14 |
| building unit in
a multiple-family
dwelling that is occupied by | 15 |
| members of a single-family unit .
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| "Repair" has the meaning set forth in the referenced | 17 |
| standards. "Repair" does not require a
permit.
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| "Temporarily dormant" means an elevator, dumbwaiter, or | 19 |
| escalator:
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| (1) with a power supply that has been disconnected by | 21 |
| removing fuses and
placing a padlock on the mainline | 22 |
| disconnect switch in the "off" position;
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| (2) with a car that is parked and hoistway doors that | 24 |
| are in the closed
and latched position;
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| (3) with a wire seal on the mainline disconnect switch | 26 |
| installed by a
licensed elevator inspector;
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| (4) that shall not be used again until it has been put | 2 |
| in safe running
order and is in condition for use;
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| (5) requiring annual inspections for the duration of | 4 |
| the temporarily
dormant status by a licensed elevator | 5 |
| inspector;
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| (6) that has a "temporarily dormant" status that is | 7 |
| renewable on an
annual basis, not to exceed a 5-year | 8 |
| period;
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| (7) requiring the inspector to file a report with the | 10 |
| Administrator describing the current conditions; and
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| (8) with a wire seal and padlock that shall not be | 12 |
| removed for any
purpose without permission from the | 13 |
| elevator inspector.
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| "Temporary certificate of operation" means a temporary | 15 |
| certificate of operation issued by the Administrator that | 16 |
| permits the temporary use
of a non-compliant conveyance by the | 17 |
| general public for a limited time of 30
days while minor | 18 |
| repairs are being completed.
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| All other building transportation terms are as defined in | 20 |
| the latest edition of ASME A17.1 and ASME A18.1.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-698, eff. 11-22-05; 95-573, eff. 8-31-07.)
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| (225 ILCS 312/125)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 125. State law, code, or regulation ; rule compliance . | 25 |
| Whenever a provision in this
Act is found to be inconsistent |
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| with any provision of another applicable State
law, code, or
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| rule, the State law shall prevail. This Act, unless | 3 |
| specifically
stated otherwise, is
not intended to establish | 4 |
| more stringent or more restrictive standards than
standards set
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| forth in other applicable State laws. | 6 |
| Any rule adopted under this Act that requires compliance | 7 |
| specifically beginning in 2009 shall be deemed to require | 8 |
| compliance beginning in 2011 instead of 2009.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-873, eff. 6-1-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 |
| becoming law.".
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