Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 377 - Chairlifts in Bldgs. Owned by Nonprofit Organ. - laws governing

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Code Sections - 8-2-109.1

1. Boshears  6th          2. Kemp  3rd


Senate Comm: C Aff      /         House Comm: Ind        /                      
Senate Vote: Yeas 51    Nays 1                                                  
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              Senate          Action          House                             
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             2/17/95   Read 1st time          2/28/95                           
             2/21/95   Favorably Reported     3/13/95                           
             2/22/95   Read 2nd Time          3/1/95                            
             2/27/95   Read 3rd Time          3/17/95                           
             2/27/95   Passed/Adopted         3/17/95                           
             3/27/95   Sent To Governor                                         
             4/20/95   Signed by Governor                                       
             459       Act/Veto Number                                          
             7/1/95    Effective Date                                           
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Code Sections amended: 8-2-109.1                                                


SB 37795                                          LC 25 0074

      SENATE BILL 377

      By:  Senators Boshears of the 6th and Kemp of the 3rd


                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Part 6 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the
  1- 2  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elevators,
  1- 3  dumbwaiters, escalators, manlifts, and moving walks, so as
  1- 4  to preclude application of certain laws governing such
  1- 5  apparatuses to single-seat, single-passenger chairlifts
  1- 6  located in buildings owned and operated by certain nonprofit
  1- 7  organizations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
  1- 8  purposes.

  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-10  Part 6 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official
  1-11  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elevators,
  1-12  dumbwaiters, escalators, manlifts, and moving walks, is
  1-13  amended by striking in its entirety Code Section 8-2-109.1
  1-14  and inserting in its place a new Code Section 8-2-109.1 to
  1-15  read as follows:

  1-16    "8-2-109.1. (Index)

  1-17    (a) This part shall not apply to elevators located on
  1-18    vehicles operating under the rules of other state or
  1-19    federal authorities and used for carrying passengers or
  1-20    freight.

  1-21    (b) This part shall not apply to any single-seat,
  1-22    single-passenger chairlift located in a building owned and
  1-23    operated by an incorporated or unincorporated nonprofit
  1-24    organization organized and operated exclusively for
  1-25    educational, religious, charitable, or other eleemosynary
  1-26    purposes.

  1-27    (b)(c) Any county, municipality, or other political
  1-28    subdivision which adopts the minimum rules and regulations
  1-29    as provided in Code Section 8-2-105 shall be audited on a
  1-30    semiannual basis for compliance by the Department of
  1-31    Labor; and any laws, ordinances, or resolutions in
  1-32    conflict with this part shall be void and of no effect."


                             S. B. 377
                                 -1- (Index)

                                                  LC 25 0074

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 1  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 2  repealed.












































                             S. B. 377
                                 -2- (Index)