GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 217
HOUSE BILL 424

AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES REGARDING THE INSPECTION OF ELEVATORS AND RELATED DEVICES, AND REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 95-107 reads as rewritten:
"§ 95-107.  Assessment and collection of fees; certificates of safe operation.
The assessment of the fees pursuant to this Article shall be made against the owner or operator of such equipment and may be collected at the time of inspection.  If the fees are not collected at the time of inspection, the Department must bill the owner or operator of the equipment for the amount of the fee assessed under this Article for the inspection of the equipment and the amount assessed is payable by the owner or operator of the equipment upon receipt of the bill.  Certificates of safe operation may be withheld by the Department of Labor until such time as the assessed fees are collected."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 95-110.5(18) reads as rewritten:
"(18)	To require that any device or equipment subject to the provisions of this Article which has been out-of-service and not continuously maintained for one or more years shall not be returned to service without first complying with all rules and regulations governing existing installations; and".
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of June, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives