2007 Minnesota Statutes

16B.745 VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES.
    Subdivision 1. Removal of seal. No person, firm, or corporation may remove any seal or
notice forbidding the use of an elevator, except by authority of the department or the licensing
authority having jurisdiction over the elevator, or operate an elevator after a notice has been
attached forbidding its use, unless the notice has been removed by authority of the department or
the licensing authority having jurisdiction over the elevator.
    Subd. 2. False certification. No inspector, or other party authorized by this section or by
rule to inspect elevators, may falsely certify the safety of an elevator, or grant a license or permit
contrary to any provision of this chapter.
    Subd. 3. Minimum requirements. No person, firm, or corporation may construct, install,
alter, remove, or repair an elevator that does not meet the minimum requirements of this chapter,
adopted rules, or national codes adopted by rule. Notwithstanding any provision of rule or
national code adopted by rule to the contrary, however, a stairway chair lift that is not hard-wired
to the building's electrical system, but is instead plugged into an electrical outlet, may be installed
in a private residence for the use of its occupants.
    Subd. 4. Penalties. The commissioner shall administer sections 16B.74 to 16B.749. In
addition to the remedies provided for violations of this chapter, the commissioner may impose a
penalty of up to $10,000 for a violation of any provision of sections 16B.74 to 16B.749.
History: 1955 c 561 s 4; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1989 c 303 s 7; 1995 c 166 s 9-11,17; 1999 c
185 s 2; 2007 c 140 art 4 s 23,24