Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1602
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/28/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Negron) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 399.031, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         399.031 Clearance requirements between elevator doors for
    8  elevators inside a private residence.
    9         (1)This section may be cited as the “Maxwell Erik ‘Max’
   10  Grablin Act.”
   11         (2)For elevators installed in a private residence:
   12         (a)The distance between the hoistway face of the hoistway
   13  doors and the hoistway edge of the landing sill may not exceed
   14  3/4 inch for swinging doors and 2 1/4 inches for sliding doors.
   15         (b)1. Horizontal sliding car doors and gates shall be
   16  designed and installed to withstand a force of 75 pounds applied
   17  horizontally on an area 4 inches by 4 inches at right angles to
   18  and at any location on the car door without permanent
   19  deformation. The deflection may not exceed 3/4 inch and may not
   20  displace the door from its guides or tracks. The force must be
   21  applied while the door is in the fully closed position.
   22         2.Folding car doors shall be designed and installed to
   23  withstand a force of 75 pounds applied horizontally using a 4
   24  inch-diameter sphere at any location within the folds on the car
   25  door without permanent deformation. The deflection may not
   26  exceed 3/4 inch and may not displace the door from its guides or
   27  tracks. The force must be applied while the door is in the fully
   28  closed position.
   29         (c)The distance between the hoistway face of the landing
   30  door and the hoistway face of the car door or gate shall conform
   31  to one of the following:
   32         1. If a power-operated horizontally sliding hoistway and
   33  car doors are used, the measurement between the leading edge of
   34  the doors or sight guard, if provided, may not exceed 4 inches.
   35  If it is possible for a user to detach or disconnect either door
   36  from the operator and such detachment or disconnection allows
   37  the user to operate the door manually, the requirement in
   38  subparagraph 5. applies.
   39         2. If swinging hoistway doors and folding car doors are
   40  used and both doors are in the fully closed position, the space
   41  between the hoistway door and the folding door must reject a 4
   42  inch-diameter sphere at all points.
   43         3. If swinging hoistway doors and car gates are used, the
   44  space between the hoistway door and the car gate must reject a
   45  4-inch-diameter sphere at all points.
   46         4. If the car doors are powered and arranged so that they
   47  cannot be closed until after the hoistway door is closed, and
   48  the car doors automatically open when the car is at a landing
   49  and the hoistway door is opened, the measurement between the
   50  hoistway face of the hoistway door and the hoistway face of the
   51  car door at its leading edge may not exceed 4 inches. If it is
   52  possible for a user to detach or disconnect either door from the
   53  operator and such detachment or disconnection allows the user to
   54  operate the door manually, the requirement in subparagraph 5.
   55  applies.
   56         5. If swinging or horizontally sliding hoistway doors and
   57  manual horizontally sliding car doors are used and both doors
   58  are in the fully closed position, the space between the swinging
   59  or horizontally sliding hoistway door and the manual
   60  horizontally sliding car doors must reject a 4-inch-diameter
   61  sphere at all points.
   62         (3)The underside of the platform of an elevator car shall
   63  be equipped with a device that, if the platform of the elevator
   64  car is obstructed anywhere on its underside in its downward
   65  travel, interrupts the electric power to the driving machine
   66  motor and brake, if provided, and stops the elevator car’s
   67  downward motion within 2 inches. The stroke of the device may
   68  not be less than the stopping distance of the platform of the
   69  elevator car. The force required to operate the device may not
   70  exceed 15 pounds. Downward motion shall be permitted to resume
   71  only after the elevator has been manually reset.
   72         (4)This section applies to all new elevators in a
   73  residential dwelling.
   74         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
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   76  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   77  And the title is amended as follows:
   78         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   79  and insert:
   80                        A bill to be entitled                      
   81         An act relating to elevators; creating s. 399.031,
   82         F.S.; providing a short title; providing clearance
   83         requirements for elevators installed in private
   84         residences; requiring certain doors and gates to
   85         withstand a specified amount of force; requiring
   86         certain doors to reject a sphere of a specified size
   87         under certain circumstances; requiring all such
   88         elevators to be equipped with a certain device;
   89         providing requirements for the device; providing
   90         applicability; providing an effective date.