Minnesota Statutes 326B.166 – Elevator Inspection and Reporting
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 326B.166
- elevator: means moving walks and vertical transportation devices such as escalators, passenger elevators, freight elevators, dumbwaiters, hand-powered elevators, endless belt lifts, and platform lifts. See Minnesota Statutes 326B.163
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
Subdivision 1.Elevator available for inspection.
A person that owns or controls a building or other structure housing an elevator that is subject to inspection by the department, shall, upon request, provide access at a reasonable hour to the elevator for purposes of inspection.
Subd. 2.Persons required to report.
The following persons shall report the information specified in subdivision 3 to the commissioner by January 1, 2008:
(a) any person that, between August 1, 2005, and July 31, 2007, has provided service, alteration, repair, or maintenance to any elevator located in Minnesota;
(b) any person that, between August 1, 2005, and July 31, 2007, has entered into an agreement to provide service, alteration, repair, or maintenance to any elevator located in Minnesota;
(c) any person that owns or controls an elevator located in Minnesota that, between August 1, 2005, and July 31, 2007, has not received service, alteration, repair, or maintenance on the elevator; or
(d) any person that owns or controls an elevator located in Minnesota that, between August 1, 2005, and July 31, 2007, has not entered into an agreement to receive service, alteration, repair, or maintenance on the elevator.
Subd. 3.Elevator location, type, and installation date.
On a form prescribed by the commissioner, the persons required to report pursuant to subdivision 2 shall provide the following:
(a) the location of each elevator;
(b) the type of each elevator; and
(c) the date the elevator was installed.
Subd. 4.Definition.
As used in this section, “elevator” is as defined in section 326B.163, subdivision 5.