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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5164
January Session, 2021
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 Section 20-340f of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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
(b) The initial fee for a residential stair lift technician's license or a 16
residential vertical platform lift technician's license shall be one hundred 17
fifty dollars and the renewal fee for each such license shall be seventy-18 Substitute Bill No. 5164
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five dollars. Licenses shall be valid for a period of one year from the date 19
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 Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsec. (b), "and" was changed to "or" and "each" was added for
clarity.
PS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO