BILL REQ. #:  H-3000.1 

Prefiled 01/06/14. Read first time 01/13/14.   Referred to Committee on Labor & Workforce Development.

     AN ACT Relating to dumbwaiters; and reenacting and amending RCW 70.87.200.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 70.87.200 and 2009 c 549 s 1025 and 2009 c 128 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     (1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply ((where)) to:
     (a) A conveyance that is permanently removed from service or made effectively inoperative;
     (b) Lifts, hoists for persons, or material hoists that are erected temporarily for use during construction work only and are of such a design that they must be operated by a worker stationed at the hoisting machine; ((or))
     (c) A single-occupancy farm conveyance that is used exclusively by a farm operator and the farm operator's family members; or
     (d) Dumbwaiters.
     (2) Except as limited by RCW 70.87.050, municipalities having in effect an elevator code prior to June 13, 1963, may continue to assume jurisdiction over conveyance work and may inspect, issue permits, collect fees, and prescribe minimum requirements for conveyance work and operation if the requirements are equal to the requirements of this chapter and to all rules pertaining to conveyances adopted and administered by the department. Upon the failure of a municipality having jurisdiction over conveyances to carry out the provisions of this chapter with regard to a conveyance, the department may assume jurisdiction over the conveyance. If a municipality elects not to maintain jurisdiction over certain conveyances located therein, it may enter into a written agreement with the department transferring exclusive jurisdiction of the conveyances to the department. The city may not reassume jurisdiction after it enters into such an agreement with the department.