HF 1995

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/02/2012 10:06am

A bill for an act
relating to labor and industry; directing the commissioner of labor and industry
to implement window cleaning safety measures; amending Minnesota Statutes
2010, section 326B.106, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [182.6526] WINDOW CLEANERS.
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new text begin An employer engaged in window cleaning work that is performed 14 feet or more
above a surface shall certify that employees have been trained in operating and inspecting
a working platform by preparing a certification record that includes the identity of the
individual trained, the signature of the employer or the person who conducted the training,
and the date that training was completed. For the purpose of this section, "working
platform" means suspended or supported equipment intended to provide access to the face
of a building and manned by individuals engaged in window cleaning work. This section
shall be enforced by the commissioner under sections 182.66 and 182.661. Any violation
of this section is subject to the penalties provided under section 182.666.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 326B.106, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Special requirements.

(a) Space for commuter vans. The code must
require that any parking ramp or other parking facility constructed in accordance with the
code include an appropriate number of spaces suitable for the parking of motor vehicles
having a capacity of seven to 16 persons and which are principally used to provide
prearranged commuter transportation of employees to or from their place of employment
or to or from a transit stop authorized by a local transit authority.

(b) Smoke detection devices. The code must require that all dwellings, lodging
houses, apartment houses, and hotels as defined in section 299F.362 comply with the
provisions of section 299F.362.

(c) Doors in nursing homes and hospitals. The State Building Code may not
require that each door entering a sleeping or patient's room from a corridor in a nursing
home or hospital with an approved complete standard automatic fire extinguishing system
be constructed or maintained as self-closing or automatically closing.

(d) Child care facilities in churches; ground level exit. A licensed day care center
serving fewer than 30 preschool age persons and which is located in a belowground space
in a church building is exempt from the State Building Code requirement for a ground
level exit when the center has more than two stairways to the ground level and its exit.

(e) Family and group family day care. Until the legislature enacts legislation
specifying appropriate standards, the definition of dwellings constructed in accordance
with the International Residential Code as adopted as part of the State Building Code
applies to family and group family day care homes licensed by the Department of Human
Services under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9502.

(f) Enclosed stairways. No provision of the code or any appendix chapter of the
code may require stairways of existing multiple dwelling buildings of two stories or
less to be enclosed.

(g) Double cylinder dead bolt locks. No provision of the code or appendix chapter
of the code may prohibit double cylinder dead bolt locks in existing single-family homes,
townhouses, and first floor duplexes used exclusively as a residential dwelling. Any
recommendation or promotion of double cylinder dead bolt locks must include a warning
about their potential fire danger and procedures to minimize the danger.

(h) Relocated residential buildings. A residential building relocated within or
into a political subdivision of the state need not comply with the State Energy Code or
section 326B.439 provided that, where available, an energy audit is conducted on the
relocated building.

(i) Automatic garage door opening systems. The code must require all residential
buildings as defined in section 325F.82 to comply with the provisions of sections 325F.82
and 325F.83.

(j) Exit sign illumination. For a new building on which construction is begun
on or after October 1, 1993, or an existing building on which remodeling affecting 50
percent or more of the enclosed space is begun on or after October 1, 1993, the code must
prohibit the use of internally illuminated exit signs whose electrical consumption during
nonemergency operation exceeds 20 watts of resistive power. All other requirements in
the code for exit signs must be complied with.

(k) Exterior wood decks, patios, and balconies. The code must permit the decking
surface and upper portions of exterior wood decks, patios, and balconies to be constructed
of (1) heartwood from species of wood having natural resistance to decay or termites,
including redwood and cedars, (2) grades of lumber which contain sapwood from species
of wood having natural resistance to decay or termites, including redwood and cedars, or
(3) treated wood. The species and grades of wood products used to construct the decking
surface and upper portions of exterior decks, patios, and balconies must be made available
to the building official on request before final construction approval.

(l) Bioprocess piping and equipment. No permit fee for bioprocess piping may
be imposed by municipalities under the State Building Code, except as required under
section 326B.92 subdivision 1. Permits for bioprocess piping shall be according to section
326B.92 administered by the Department of Labor and Industry. All data regarding the
material production processes, including the bioprocess system's structural design and
layout, are nonpublic data as provided by section 13.7911.

(m) Use of ungraded lumber. The code must allow the use of ungraded lumber in
geographic areas of the state where the code did not generally apply as of April 1, 2008, to
the same extent that ungraded lumber could be used in that area before April 1, 2008.

new text begin (n) Window cleaning safety. The code must require the installation of dedicated
anchorages for the purpose of suspended window cleaning on (1) new buildings four
stories or greater; and (2) buildings four stories or greater where any reconstruction,
alteration or repair includes the exposure of primary structural components of the roof.
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