1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to labor and industry; modifying elevator provisions;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 326B.184, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2009 Supplement, section 326B.163, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 326B.163, subdivision 5, 
1.7 	is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Elevator. As used in this chapter, "elevator" means moving walks and 
1.9 	vertical transportation devices such as escalators, passenger elevators, freight elevators, 
1.10 	dumbwaiters, hand-powered elevators, endless belt lifts, and wheelchair platform lifts. 
1.11 	Elevator does not include:
1.12 	(1) external temporary material lifts or temporary construction personnel elevators 
1.13 	at sites of construction of new or remodeled buildings;.
1.14 	(2) manlifts in grain elevators and feed mills subject to installation limitations under 
1.15 	Minnesota Rules, part 5205.0550; or
1.16 	(3) platform wheelchair lifts and elevators in churches.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 326B.184, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 2.Annual Operating permit permits and fees; periodic inspections. (a) 
1.19 	No person may operate an elevator without first obtaining an annual operating permit from 
1.20 	the department or a municipality authorized by subdivision 4 to issue annual operating 
1.21 	permits. A $100 annual operating permit fee must be paid to the department for each 
1.22 	annual operating permit issued by the department, except that the original annual operating 
1.23 	permit must be included in the permit fee for the initial installation of the elevator. Annual 
2.1 	operating permits must be issued at 12-month intervals from the date of the initial annual 
2.2 	operating permit. For each subsequent year, an owner must be granted an annual operating 
2.3 	permit for the elevator upon the owner's or owner's agent's submission of a form prescribed 
2.4 	by the commissioner and payment of the $100 fee. Each form must include the location of 
2.5 	the elevator, the results of any periodic test required by the code, and any other criteria 
2.6 	established by rule. An annual operating permit may be revoked by the commissioner 
2.7 	upon an audit of the periodic testing results submitted with the application or a failure to 
2.8 	comply with elevator code requirements, inspections, or any other law related to elevators.
2.9 	Except for an initial operating permit fee, hand-powered manlifts and electric endless belt 
2.10 	manlifts are not subject to a subsequent operating permit fee.
2.11 	(b) All elevators are subject to periodic inspections by the department or a 
2.12 	municipality authorized by subdivision 4 to perform periodic inspections, except that 
2.13 	hand-powered manlifts and electric endless belt manlifts are exempt from periodic 
2.14 	inspections. Periodic inspections by the department shall be performed at the following 
2.15 	intervals:
2.16 	(1) a special purpose personnel elevator is subject to inspection not more than once 
2.17 	every five years;
2.18 	(2) an elevator located within a house of worship that does not have attached school 
2.19 	facilities is subject to inspection not more than once every three years; and
2.20 	(3) all other elevators are subject to inspection not more than once each year.