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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5164
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING IN STALLERS OF RESIDENT IAL VERTICAL
PLATFORM LIFTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 20-340f of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) Not later than December 31, 2016, the Commissioner of Consumer 3
Protection, after consultation with the Elevator Installation, Repair and 4
Maintenance Board established pursuant to section 20-331, shall adopt 5
regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish 6
a residential stair lift technician's license. Not later than December 31, 7
2021, the commissioner, after consultation with the Elevator Installation, 8
Repair and Maintenance Board, shall amend such regulations to 9
establish a residential vertical platform lift technician's license. Such 10
regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, the amount and 11
type of experience, training, continuing education and examination 12
requirements, if any, for a person to obtain and renew [such] a 13
residential stair lift technician's license and a residential vertical 14
platform lift technician's license. 15
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(b) The initial fee for a residential stair lift technician's license and a 16
residential vertical platform lift technician's license shall be one hundred 17
fifty dollars and the renewal fee for such [license] licenses shall be 18
seventy-five dollars. Licenses shall be valid for a period of one year from 19
the date of issuance. 20
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the holder of an occupational 21
license issued pursuant to this chapter that allows the installation and 22
repair of residential stair lifts or residential vertical platform lifts from 23
performing such work. A holder of such occupational license shall not 24
be required to obtain a residential stair lift technician's license or a 25
residential vertical platform lift technician's license. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 20-340f
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a residential vertical platform lift technician's license.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. GREEN, 55th Dist.
H.B. 5164