(225 ILCS 312/95)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
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, except that the conveyance may be used by the public for up to 30 days after the initial passed acceptance inspection while the property owner or lessee is in the process of obtaining an initial certificate of operation. 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 and to pay the fee for registration, prior to the issuance of the initial certificate of operation.
(b) (Blank).
(c) A certificate of operation is renewable annually, except that a certificate of operation is renewable every 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, and (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 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. 102-715, eff. 4-29-22.)
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