MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 2561

INDUSTRY.

(F)    IF AN INSPECTION DISCLOSES THAT AN ELEVATOR IS
UNSAFE AND THAT ITS CONTINUED OPERATION WILL VIOLATE ANY
RULE, REGULATION, STANDARD OR CODE PROMULGATED AND ISSUED
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, A CITATION AND PENALTIES MAY BE
ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 36 AND SECTION 37 OF
THIS SUBTITLE.

(G)     EVERY ELEVATOR, DUMBWAITER, ESCALATOR AND
MOVING WALK SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A SAFE OPERATING
CONDITION AND IN CONFORMITY WITH THE APPLICABLE ANSI
STANDARD, A17.1 AND ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS AND
REVISIONS THERETO AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE
ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.]]

(D)    ALL NEW AND EXISTING ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS,

ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS SHALL BE INSPECTED, TESTED

AND MAINTAINED IN A SAFE OPERATING CONDITION AS

PRESCRIBED BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD SAFETY CODE
FOR ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS

AND KNOWN AS ANSI A17.1 - 1971, AND ALL SUBSEQUENT

AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS TO IT, AND ANY RULES AND

REGULATIONS AS MAY BE ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF

LABOR AND INDUSTRY. HOWEVER, ANY ELEVATOR, DUMBWAITER,
ESCALATOR, AND MOVING WALK INSTALLED BEFORE JULY 1, 1955
MAY BE USED WITHOUT BEING ALTERED OR REBUILT TO COMPLY

WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ANSI CODE. HOWEVER, ALL

ELEVATORS SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH STANDARD HOISTWAY

ENTRANCE PROTECTION, AND ALL PASSENGER ELEVATORS OF MORE

THAN 100 FEET PER MINUTE CONTRACT SPEED SHALL BE PROVIDED
WITH CAR DOORS OR GATES WHICH MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF

THE ANSI CODE A17.1 - 1971 AND ALL SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS

AND REVISIONS TO IT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE AFOREGOING, ALL
ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS
INSTALLED BEFORE JULY 1, 1955 SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A

SAFE OPERATING CONDITION SO AS NOT TO CREATE A

SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM OR DEATH
AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO INSPECIONS AND TESTS AS REQUIRED.

ALL ALTERATIONS AND RELOCATIONS OF ELEVATORS,
DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS, INSTALLED

SUBSEQUENT TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT SHALL MEET

THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ANSI CODE A17. 1 - 1971 AND ALL

SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS TO IT.

(E)    THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY SHALL
ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND
SHALL PRESCRIBE RULES AND REGULATIONS HE DEEMS NECESSARY
TO CARRY OUT HIS RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THIS SECTION.

(F)    WHEN AN INSPECTION DISCLOSES THAT AN ELEVATOR

IS IN UNSAFE CONDITION SO THAT ITS CONTINUED OPERATION

WILL VIOLATE ANY RULE, REGULATION, STANDARD OR CODE