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20-24-104. Enforcement.
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20-24-104. Enforcement.
(a) Except when otherwise provided, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, to enforce this chapter and the rules adopted by the Elevator Safety Board.
(b) In cities, towns, or other governmental subdivisions having a building department with qualified personnel to enforce this chapter or portions thereof, the Director of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions may delegate the building department as the authorized representative of the division to enforce and carry out the provisions of §§ 20-24-112 — 20-24-116 or any portion thereof as may be designated by him or her.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-24-104
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20-24-104. Enforcement.
(a) Except when otherwise provided, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, to enforce this chapter and the rules adopted by the Elevator Safety Board.
(b) In cities, towns, or other governmental subdivisions having a building department with qualified personnel to enforce this chapter or portions thereof, the Director of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions may delegate the building department as the authorized representative of the division to enforce and carry out the provisions of §§ 20-24-112 — 20-24-116 or any portion thereof as may be designated by him or her.
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20-24-112. Testing and inspection required.
(a) All new and existing elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators, except dormant elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators, shall be tested and inspected in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)(A) Every new or altered elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator shall be inspected and tested in conformity with the applicable rules adopted by the Elevator Safety Board before the operating permit required by § 20-24-116 is issued.
(B) The inspections shall be made by a licensed elevator inspector in the employ of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions or its authorized representative;
(2)(A) The owner or lessee of every existing passenger elevator or escalator shall cause it to be inspected within three (3) months, and the owner or lessee of every existing freight elevator and dumbwaiter shall cause it to be inspected within six (6) months after the effective date of the rules adopted by the board under § 20-24-107(a) and (b).
(B) However, the division or its authorized representative, at its discretion, may extend the time specified in this subdivision (a)(2) for making inspections; and
(3)(A)(i) The owner or lessee shall cause an inspection of every elevator other than a temporary elevator and escalator to be made periodically every twelfth calendar month, and of every dumbwaiter and elevator driven by manual power every twelfth calendar month, following the month in which the initial inspection required by subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section has been made.
(ii) However, an inspection under subdivision (a)(3)(A)(i) of this section may be made during the month following the calendar month during which the inspection is due.
(B) The board may approve by administrative rul
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-24-112
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-24-112. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-24-116. Operating permits.
(a)(1) Operating permits shall be issued by the Department of Labor and Licensing within the time limits specified in this section to the owner or lessee of every new or altered elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator and of every existing elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator when the inspection report indicates compliance with the applicable sections of this chapter.
(2) No permits shall be issued if the fees required by § 20-24-117 have not been paid.
(3) The limits shall be thirty (30) days for existing elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators and seven (7) days for new and altered elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators after the required date for filing the inspection report required by § 20-24-113(a) unless time is extended by the department. No elevator, dumbwaiter, or escalator shall be operated by the owner or lessee thereof after the dates specified in this section unless the operating permit has been issued.
(4)(A) The annual fee to be charged for the operating permit issued under this chapter shall be as follows:
300 lbs. — 500 lbs. Special personnel elevators plus
(i) Dumbwaiters $30.00 annually
(ii) Elevators and wheelchair lifts 50.00 annually
(iii) Escalators and moving walks 85.00 annually
(B) A twenty-percent penalty may be assessed when the fee is past due by thirty (30) days.
(b)(1) The operating permit shall indicate the type of equipment for which it is issued and in the case of elevators shall state whether passenger or freight and shall also state the contract load and speed for the elevator, dumbwaiter, or escalator.
(2) The permit shall be posted conspicuously in the car of the elevator and on or near the dumbwaiter or escalator.
(3) The permit shall be extended by endorsement of the departm
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-24-116
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-24-116. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.