General Assembly Raised Bill No. 931
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3090
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Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 931
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3090
*03090_______PS_*
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF HOISTING EQUIPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-221 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
As used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Examining Board for Crane Operators established under section 29-222; (2) "commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Safety; (3) "crane" means (A) a tower crane used in construction, demolition or excavation work, (B) a hydraulic crane, (C) a power-operated derrick or (D) a mobile crane which is a mobile, carrier-mounted, power-operated hoisting machine utilizing a power-operated boom which moves laterally by rotation of the machine on the carrier and which has a manufacturers' maximum rated capacity exceeding five tons; (4) "hoisting equipment" means motorized equipment [(A)] used in construction, demolition or excavation work, [(B) at a construction site for a project, other than a project involving residential structures of less than four stories, the estimated cost of which is more than one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and (C)] which has a manufacturer's rated lifting capacity exceeding [five tons] five hundred pounds and a manufacturer's rated maximum reach in excess of [thirty-two] ten feet; (5) "department" means the Department of Public Safety; and (6) "apprentice" means anyone registered with the board for the purpose of learning crane operation or hoisting equipment operation.
Sec. 2. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 29-223a of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Any person engaged in the occupation of hoisting equipment operator in the state on October 1, [2003] 2011, provided such person shall be required to obtain a license not later than [one year of] October 1, [2004] 2012, (2) engineers under the jurisdiction of the United States, (3) engineers or operators employed by public utilities or industrial manufacturing plants, (4) any person operating either a bucket truck or a digger derrick designed and used for an electrical generation, electrical transmission, electrical distribution, electrical catenary or electrical signalization project, if such person: (A) Holds a valid limited electrical line contractor or journeyman's license issued pursuant to chapter 393 or any regulation adopted pursuant to said chapter, or (B) has engaged in the installation of electrical line work for more than one thousand hours, or (C) has enrolled in or has graduated from a federally recognized electrical apprenticeship program, or (5) persons engaged in boating, fishing, agriculture or arboriculture.
(c) On or after October 1, [2003] 2011, but not later than October 1, [2005] 2013, the board shall issue a license for a hoisting equipment operator to any person who provides a notarized statement from the person's employer indicating the dates and duties of employment operating such equipment or proof of ownership and control of a company utilizing such equipment.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 29-221
Sec. 2 October 1, 2011 29-223a(b) and (c)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
29-221
Sec. 2
October 1, 2011
29-223a(b) and (c)
Statement of Purpose:
To set a lower weight requirement for the definition of hoisting equipment and to amend the grandfather clause for licensing hoisting equipment operators.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]