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Providing an exception to the Iowa state elevator code for certain multi-story commercial buildings in specified circumstances
Sponsored by the House Commerce Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2020
- Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
- Done: House committeeFebruary 10, 2020
- Done: Passes the HouseJune 3, 2020
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 26, 202049–0
- Done: To the GovernorJune 16, 2020
- Done: Signed into lawJune 17, 2020
SF 2195 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 2195, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 2195 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Owners of small buildings in national historic districts could follow different rules for their elevators or lifts. To qualify, the building must have a business on the first floor, no more than two floors above that, and the owner must live upstairs. The owner must also use safety measures to make sure only themselves, their guests, or officials can use the elevator.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes an exception to Code chapter 89A, the “Iowa State Elevator Code”, for a conveyance installed in a building in a federally designated national historic district as long as certain conditions are met. The conditions are that the owner of the building owns a commercial enterprise that occupies the first story of the building, the building has no more than two stories above the first story of the building, the owner of the building lives in the upper stories of the building, and the building has sufficient physical barriers or safety protocols to ensure that only the owner, the owner’s guests, or a government official acting in an official capacity can access the elevator. Code chapter 89A defines “conveyance” as an elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk, lift, or inclined or vertical wheelchair lift subject to regulation under Code chapter 89A, including hoistways, rails, guides, and all other related mechanical and electrical equipment.
Changed since by amendment S-5013; see Amendments.
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