SENATE BILL No. 872
November 29, 2001, Introduced by Senators SIKKEMA, DUNASKISS, JOHNSON and
MC COTTER and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, International
Trade and Regulatory Affairs.
A bill to amend 1967 PA 227, entitled
"An act to regulate the inspection, construction, installation,
alteration, maintenance, repair and operation of elevators and
the licensing of elevator contractors; to prescribe the functions
of the director of labor; to create, and prescribe the functions
of, the elevator safety board; to provide penalties for viola-
tions of the act; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 408.803).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 3. (1) "Elevator" means the machinery, construction,
2 apparatus, and equipment of an incline lift, escalator, moving
3 walk, or device serving 2 or more landings used in raising and
4 lowering a car, cage, or platform
which THAT is
guided. It
5 ELEVATOR includes a passenger elevator, freight elevator, gravity
6 elevator, workmen's elevator, dumbwaiter, manlift, and other
7 lifting or lowering apparatus
which THAT is
guided. It
8 ELEVATOR does not include ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
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1 (a) An elevating device within the
scope of
the mining act,
2 Act No. 163 of the Public
Acts of 1911, as amended,
being sec-
3 tions 425.101 to 425.113
of the Compiled Laws of
1948 1911
4 PA 163, MCL 425.101 TO 425.113.
5 (b) A feeding machine or belted bucket, scoop, roller, or
6 any similar type of freight conveyor.
7 (c) A lubrication hoist or other similar mechanism.
8 (d) A piling or stacking machine
used within 1
story , and
9 THAT DOES not
penetrating PENETRATE a floor.
10 (e) A device in a private
residence other
than one NOT
11 carrying persons.
12 (f) An outside material hoist used for raising or lowering
13 construction materials while a building or structure is under
14 construction within the scope of the
construction
safety act,
15 Act No. 89 of the Public
Acts of 1963, as amended,
being sections
16 408.711 to 408.724 of
the Compiled Laws of 1948
MICHIGAN OCCUPA-
17 TIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, 1974 PA 154, MCL 408.1001 TO
18 408.1094.
19 (G) A PORTABLE, FREESTANDING, PREWIRED LIFT UNIT.
20 (H) A BATTERY-POWERED STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFT UNIT.
21 (2) "Elevator contractor" means a person, firm, or corpora-
22 tion engaged in the business of constructing, installing, main-
23 taining, repairing, or altering
elevators ,
including the
24 installing or maintaining of electric wiring, fixtures,
25 apparatus, and appliances in connection with the operation or
26 control thereof.
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1 (3) "Elevator contractor license" means a license issued by
2 the director to an elevator contractor covering the construction,
3 installation, alteration, maintenance,
or repair
by him of ele-
4 vators BY THE ELEVATOR CONTRACTOR.
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