Relating to elevators in apartment buildings constructed using public funds, and making penalties applicable

This bill relates to the construction of apartment buildings using public funds. The bill requires that an apartment building consisting of three or more floors include a passenger elevator if the owner or builder of the apartment building received funding or other valuable consideration from the state or a political subdivision of the state in connection with the construction of the apartment building. The bill applies to apartment buildings under construction on or after the effective date of the bill unless the person responsible for the construction on the effective date of the bill determines that the construction has reached a state where compliance will result in a substantial increase in cost or delay in construction. By operation of law, a person who violates a provision of the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855.