Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-634

EPS 634

Elevator Study Commission

Messrs. Rosenberg and Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting the following new section :-

“There shall be an elevator study commission to examine elevator safety, maintenance, and inspections including current regulations and practices industry wide and it shall make recommendations for reforms which are fair and reasonable to the consumer but which increase efficiency of use of public resources, while maintaining a high level of public safety. The commission shall examine, but not be limited to, practices in other states and jurisdictions, frequency of inspections, method of inspection, licensing processes, cost and fees to maintain elevator safety, cost and fees to certify elevator safety, department fines, use of information technology, elevator inspectors licensing, and elevator operator and elevator mechanic industry practices and fees.

The task force shall consist of the secretary of public safety, or her designee, the commissioner of the department of public safety or his designee, who shall serve as chair, the chair of the elevator division, a representative of labor, and 3 persons to be appointed by the Governor one of whom shall have expertise as an elevator mechanic, one of whom shall be a licensed elevator inspector, and one of whom shall have expertise in the construction industry.

The commission shall issue a report of its study, recommendations, and any draft legislation which shall be filed with the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, the chairs of the committees on ways and means, and the clerks of the house and senate not later than January 1, 2015.”