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Private Residence Elevator Registration and Inspection Act

This bill changes Tennessee's elevator registration rules for private residences by adding new requirements for newly constructed elevators and conveyance notifications, while also limiting inspection requirements.

What This Bill Does

• Defines a 'private residence' as a single-family or multi-unit dwelling used for habitation that is not open to the public.
• Requires owners of new private residence elevators to register them with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development within seven days after installation, starting July 1, 2027.
• Requires new property owners to notify the department about changes in ownership related to a private residence elevator within 60 days of conveyance.
• Limits inspection requirements for private residence elevators to initial inspections upon construction or alteration.

Who It Names or Affects

• Owners and users of private residence elevators
• Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Terms To Know

Private Residence

A single-family home or a unit in a multi-family dwelling used for habitation that is not open to the public.

Required Inspections

Inspection requirements set by law for elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify penalties for non-compliance with registration or notification requirements.
• It is unclear how the new positions required will be funded beyond FY27-28.

Official Summary Text

Present law requires the owner or user of every elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator to register such equipment with the
department of labor and workforce development
within 60 days after the installation is completed.

On and after July 1, 2027, this bill requires all newly constructed and accepted private residence elevators to be registered with the department no later than seven days after the date the private residence elevator is placed in service.

Upon conveyance of the real property on which a private residence elevator is located, this bill requires the new owner to notify the department of the change in ownership within 60 days of the date of conveyance.

"PRIVATE RESIDENCE" DEFINED

As used in this bill, a
"private residence"
is
a dwelling constructed for a single family or a single unit of a multi-family dwelling that is owned, rented, or leased for the purpose of temporary or permanent habitation and is not open to the public.

INSPECTIONS

Present law requires all new, altered, and existing elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators, except dormant equipment, to be tested and inspected in accordance with the following
required inspections
schedule:



Initial inspection and testing of new or altered installations in
compliance
with
the
applicable rules before an operating permit is issued, performed under the supervision of a licensed state elevator inspector
.



Initial inspection of existing passenger elevators or escalators within three months, and existing freight elevators or dumbwaiters within six months, of the effective date of
rules promulgated by the
elevator and amusement device safety board
.



Periodic inspections of every passenger elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, and freight elevator made every sixth calendar month following the initial inspection.

This bill maintains that the inspections are required inspection
s.

H
owever, this bill specifically provides that the requirements for initial inspections of existing elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators and the requirements for periodic inspections do not apply to private residence elevators.
Therefore, the
initial inspection and test of a new or altered installation
is
the only required inspection for a private residence elevator.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 2123
By Eldridge

SENATE BILL 2150
By Walley
SB2150
012267
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68,
Chapter 121, relative to private elevators.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-121-101, is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:
( ) "Private residence" means a dwelling constructed for a single family or a
single unit of a multi-family dwelling that is owned, rented, or leased for the purpose of
temporary or permanent habitation and is not open to the public;
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-121-105, is amended by
designating the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new
subsection:
(b) On and after July 1, 2027, all newly constructed and accepted private
residence elevators must be registered with the department no later than seven (7) days
after the date the private residence elevator is placed in service. Upon conveyance of
the real property on which a private residence elevator is located, the new owner must
notify the department of the change in ownership within sixty (60) days of the date of
conveyance.
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-121-106(4), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:
(4) Required Inspections. The inspections required by subdivisions (1)-(3) are
required inspections. Subdivisions (2) and (3) do not apply to private residence
elevators;

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SECTION 4. For the purpose of rule promulgation, this act takes effect upon becoming
a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes effect July 1, 2027,
the public welfare requiring it.