2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB337 421

Amendment No. 421

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 337                                                                       (BDR 40‑1033)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of SB337 (§ 12).

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend sec. 4, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 14 through 16 on page 1 and lines 1 through 10 on page 2, and inserting: “pressure vessels.”.

     Amend sec. 7, page 2, line 16, by deleting “stage lift,”.

     Amend sec. 8, page 2, line 18, by deleting “constructs,”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 2, line 25, by deleting “operated.” and inserting:

“operated unless the division has provided an exemption for the boiler, elevator or pressure vessel pursuant to section 11 of this act.”.

     Amend sec. 11, page 2, line 27, by deleting “construction,”.

     Amend sec. 11, page 2, by deleting lines 31 and 32 and inserting:

     “(a) Providing an exemption from those standards and procedures:

          (1) In the case of an emergency; or

          (2) If the division determines that it is in the best interests of the general public; and”.

   Amend sec. 12, page 3, by deleting lines 6 through 23 and inserting:

   “Sec. 12. 1.  The division shall, by regulation, prescribe any fee that is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including, without limitation, fees for:

     (a) An application for a certificate;

     (b) The issuance of a certificate;

     (c) The renewal of a certificate;

     (d) Any examination the division may require for obtaining a certificate; and

     (e) Inspections of boilers, elevators or pressure vessels.

     2.  Any fee prescribed by the division pursuant to subsection 1 must be based on the actual cost necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

     3.  The fees collected pursuant to this section must be used to reduce the assessments established pursuant to NRS 232.680.”.

     Amend sec. 16, page 4, by deleting lines 22 through 28 and inserting:

     “Sec. 16.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, it is unlawful for any person to install, maintain, relocate, improve, alter or repair an elevator within this state unless he is certified as an elevator mechanic pursuant to section 11 of this act.

     2.  A person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

     3.  The division may exempt a person who performs certain categories of acts relating to elevators from the requirement of obtaining a certificate if the division determines it would be in the best interests of the general public.”.

     Amend sec. 17, page 4, by deleting lines 32 through 35 and inserting:

“of an elevator mechanic is not required to be certified as an elevator”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to public safety; requiring certain owners of boilers, elevators or pressure vessels to obtain a permit from the division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry before the boiler, elevator or pressure vessel may be operated; requiring elevator mechanics to be certified by the division; requiring the division to adopt regulations governing the maintenance and operation of certain boilers, elevators and pressure vessels and the certification of boiler inspectors and elevator mechanics; authorizing the division to impose certain fees; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.