By: Jones H.B. No. 3628
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date by which the executive director of the Texas
Commission of Licensing and Regulation must comply with certain
elevator safety standards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 754.014(f), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) The executive director shall grant a delay until
September 1, 2015 [2010], for compliance with the requirements for
door restrictors or firefighter's service in the ASME Code A17.3 if
those requirements were not included in the ASME Code A17.1 that was
in effect on the date of installation and the equipment was not
subsequently installed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.