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HF 1124 Senate Long Description

Requiring bleachers in places of public accommodation to conform to certain specified safety requirements and to comply with the structural provisions of the state building code; providing for enforcement by cities or counties; specifying certain certificate requirements of owners of public places with bleachers; requiring the commissioner of administration to forbid the use of bleachers not complying with the requirements; requiring periodic inspections; exempting existing bleachers with signs limiting children under a certain age to the first three rows from the increased requirements; authorizing the use of ice facility grants by the amateur sports commission to upgrade bleacher facilities for compliance purposes; prohibiting the manufacture, sale, distribution or installation of bleachers not in compliance with the requirements, imposing a civil penalty for violation; appropriating money to the commissioner to achieve compliance and for transfer to the commission for grants to places of public accommodation to assist in compliance, specifying certain priority and match requirements (ra)