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S4060
SENATE, No. 4060
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MARCH 23, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
���� Provides for satisfaction of licensure requirements
for certain elevator inspectors through certification as qualified elevator
inspector.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
concerning requirements for certain elevator
inspector licenses and amending and supplementing P.L.1997, c.336.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.1997,
c.336 (C.52:27D-126f) is amended to read as follows:
���� 1.��� a.� As used in this
section:
���� "Elevator device"
means a hoisting and lowering device equipped with a car or platform which
moves in guides for the transportation of individuals or freight in a
substantially vertical direction through successive floors or levels of a
building or structure.� The term includes, without limitation, elevators,
dumbwaiters, wheelchair lifts, manlifts, stairway chairlifts and any device
within the scope of ASME A17.1 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators) or
ASME A90.1 (Safety Standard for Belt Manlifts), except escalators and moving
walks.� It shall not include any conveyor devices that are process equipment.
���� "Qualified elevator
device inspection firm" means any entity, whether a sole proprietorship,
partnership, association or corporation, that is engaged in the business of
inspecting, testing, installing, maintaining or repairing elevator devices, or
the business of inspecting and testing elevator devices, is registered for
those purposes with the Department of Community Affairs, and employs at least
one qualified elevator device inspector.
���� "Qualified elevator
device inspector" means any person who is employed by a qualified elevator
device inspection firm and who is licensed by the Department of Community
Affairs to conduct the routine, periodic and acceptance inspections and tests
of elevator devices required pursuant to the provisions of the "State
Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.).
���� b.��� No elevator devices
which, under the provisions of the "State Uniform Construction Code
Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), are subject to routine,
periodic and acceptance inspections and tests by the local enforcing agency or
the Department of Community Affairs shall be subject to such inspections and
tests, nor shall the owner of the structure be charged any fees therefor, if
those elevator devices are subjected to acceptance testing and are routinely
and periodically inspected and tested by a qualified elevator device inspection
firm, and the owner has registered each such elevator device with the
Department of Community Affairs and has indicated in the registration
application form, or in a supplement to that form, the identity of the qualified
elevator device inspection firm that has been given responsibility for
inspection and testing of the elevator device.
���� The inspections and tests,
including the frequency thereof, conducted by a qualified elevator device
inspector shall be in accordance with such rules and regulations as the
Commissioner of Community Affairs may prescribe pursuant to the "State
Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) and
subsection e. of this section.� Acceptance testing and the five-year test shall
be witnessed by the local enforcing agency or the Department of Community
Affairs in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of
Community Affairs may prescribe pursuant to the "State Uniform
Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) and
subsection e. of this section.� No qualified elevator device inspector shall
act in that capacity when his work on the elevator device is the work being
inspected.
���� c.���� If, upon inspection or
test, a qualified elevator device inspector shall find that an elevator device
is in a dangerous condition, or if there is an immediate hazard to persons
riding on or using any such device, the inspector shall immediately prohibit any
further use of the device and shall so notify in writing the owner and the
local enforcing agency or Department of Community Affairs, as the case may be.�
The device shall remain out of service until such time as the inspector shall
certify in writing that the dangerous condition or immediate hazard has been
removed or corrected and that the device is safe for public use.� If the local
enforcing agency or the department shall determine, in response to a complaint
or otherwise, that an elevator device is in a dangerous condition or that there
is an immediate hazard to persons riding on or using that device, the local
enforcing agency or the department may require the owner of the elevator device
to make such repairs as may be necessary, or take other corrective action,
within such time as the local enforcing agency or the department, as the case
may be, shall prescribe.
���� d.��� Any qualified elevator
device inspector or qualified elevator device inspection firm violating the
provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty in accordance with
section 20 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-138) and shall also be subject to suspension
or revocation by the Department of Community Affairs of licensure or�
registration as a qualified elevator device inspector or qualified elevator
device inspection firm, as the case may be.
���� e.���� The Commissioner of
Community Affairs, in accordance with the provisions of the
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),
shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.�
The rules and regulations shall provide for, but not be limited to, the
qualifications for licensing of qualified elevator device inspectors, the
registration of qualified elevator device inspection firms, the manner and form
of licensure and registration, the fee for each such license or registration,
the manner in which test results pursuant to this act are to be recorded, and
minimum liability insurance requirements for qualified elevator device
inspection firms, for which proof thereof shall be provided by the firms to the
department.� License and registration fees shall be designed to cover, but not
exceed, the actual costs the department shall incur in administering the
provisions of this act.
���� f.���� The Department of
Community Affairs shall conduct a review and perform an analysis of the impact
on the safety record of elevator devices in this State as a result of the
implementation of this section.� The review and analysis shall be performed
biennially.� A written report of the results of the review and analysis shall
be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature, with the first report
submitted within 48 months following the effective date of P.L.1997, c.336
(C.52:27D-126f).
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g.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975,
c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant
thereto to the contrary, the Department of Community Affairs shall provide that
an applicant for licensure as a qualified elevator device inspector may satisfy
the experience and competence requirements for licensure by presenting proof to
the department that the applicant is certified as a qualified elevator inspector
under ASME A17.1 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators).
(cf: P.L.1997, c.336, s.1)
���� 2.��� (New section) a.� Notwithstanding
the provisions of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act,"
P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted
pursuant thereto to the contrary, the Department of Community Affairs shall provide
that an applicant for licensure as an elevator inspector with a specialty in
high-rise and hazardous structures may satisfy the experience, education, and
examination requirements for licensure by presenting proof to the department
that the applicant is certified as a qualified elevator inspector under ASME
A17.1 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators).
���� b.��� As used in this section,
�elevator inspector with a specialty in high-rise and hazardous structures�
means an individual authorized to review plans, carry out elevator device
inspections, and witness tests required by the State Uniform Construction Code in
all structures.
���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill provides that certified
qualified elevator inspectors are considered to have satisfied the requirements
for licensure as a qualified elevator device inspector and as an elevator
inspector with a specialty in high-rise and hazardous structures.
���� Currently, applicants for
licensure as a qualified elevator device inspector are required to meet certain
educational and competence requirements, and applicants for licensure as an
elevator inspector with a specialty in high-rise and hazardous structures are
required to meet certain educational, experience, and exam requirements.� This
bill provides that an applicant for either license who is certified as a qualified
elevator inspector under ASME A17.1 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators) is
considered to have satisfied the applicable requirements for licensure. �