CSHB 117(L&C): "An Act relating to boiler and pressure vessel inspection standards; relating to elevator safety and inspection standards; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 117(L&C) 01 "An Act relating to boiler and pressure vessel inspection standards; relating to 02 elevator safety and inspection standards; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 18.60.315 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 18.60.315. Inspection standards. Unless the Department of Labor 06 establishes by regulation a different edition, the most current [THE 1992] edition 07 of the National Board Inspection Code Manual for Boiler and Pressure Vessel 08 Inspectors constitutes the minimum boiler and pressure vessel inspection standard of 09 the state for boilers and pressure vessels after they have received their initial inspection 10 certificates from the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor may adopt 11 regulations for the maximum practical implementation of the manual and may grant 12 an exception from a specific provision of the manual when the department determines 13 that the implementation of the provision would be impractical. 14 * Sec. 2. AS 18.60.800(a) is amended to read:
01 (a) Unless the Department of Labor establishes by regulation a different 02 edition, the most current [EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION, THE 03 1990] edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers [A17.1 - 1990] Safety 04 Code for Elevators and Escalators published by the American Society of Mechanical 05 Engineers constitutes [IS ADOPTED AS] the minimum elevator safety code in the 06 state. Section 1001.1, Inspection and Test Periods, [AND PART XXII, SHIPBOARD 07 ELEVATORS,] of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for 08 Elevators and Escalators is [, ARE] not adopted as a part of the minimum elevator 09 safety code in the state. 10 * Sec. 3. AS 18.60.800(c) is amended to read: 11 (c) Inspections of elevators by the department shall be performed in 12 accordance with the procedures set out in the most recent edition of the National 13 Standard Practice for the Inspection of Elevators and Escalators published by the 14 American Society of Mechanical Engineers [INSPECTOR'S MANUAL FOR 15 ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS - ANSI/ASME A17.2 AS APPROVED IN 1988]. 16 * Sec. 4. AS 18.60.800(d) is amended to read: 17 (d) A municipality may adopt the standards established by [IN] this section or 18 prescribe standards more stringent than those established by [IN] this section. 19 * Sec. 5. REGULATIONS. The Department of Labor may adopt regulations to implement 20 AS 18.60.315 and 18.60.800(a) and (c), as amended by secs. 1 - 3 of this Act. The 21 regulations take effect under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), but not before the 22 effective date of secs. 1 - 3 of this Act. 23 * Sec. 6. Sections 1 - 4 of this Act take effect January 1, 1998. 24 * Sec. 7. Section 5 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).