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    2         An act relating to elevators; creating s. 399.031,
    3         F.S.; providing a short title; providing clearance
    4         requirements for elevators installed in private
    5         residences; requiring certain doors and gates to
    6         withstand a specified amount of force; requiring
    7         certain doors to reject a sphere of a specified size
    8         under certain circumstances; requiring all such
    9         elevators to be equipped with a certain device;
   10         providing requirements for the device; providing
   11         applicability; directing the Florida Building
   12         Commission to adopt the provisions of the act into the
   13         Florida Building Code by a certain date; providing an
   14         effective date.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Section 399.031, Florida Statutes, is created to
   19  read:
   20         399.031 Clearance requirements between elevator doors for
   21  elevators inside a private residence.
   22         (1)This section may be cited as the “Maxwell Erik ‘Max’
   23  Grablin Act.”
   24         (2)For elevators installed in a private residence:
   25         (a)The distance between the hoistway face of the hoistway
   26  doors and the hoistway edge of the landing sill may not exceed
   27  3/4 inch for swinging doors and 2 1/4 inches for sliding doors.
   28         (b)1. Horizontal sliding car doors and gates shall be
   29  designed and installed to withstand a force of 75 pounds applied
   30  horizontally on an area 4 inches by 4 inches at right angles to
   31  and at any location on the car door without permanent
   32  deformation. The deflection may not exceed 3/4 inch and may not
   33  displace the door from its guides or tracks. The force must be
   34  applied while the door is in the fully closed position.
   35         2.Folding car doors shall be designed and installed to
   36  withstand a force of 75 pounds applied horizontally using a 4
   37  inch-diameter sphere at any location within the folds on the car
   38  door without permanent deformation. The deflection may not
   39  exceed 3/4 inch and may not displace the door from its guides or
   40  tracks. The force must be applied while the door is in the fully
   41  closed position.
   42         (c)The distance between the hoistway face of the landing
   43  door and the hoistway face of the car door or gate shall conform
   44  to one of the following:
   45         1. If a power-operated horizontally sliding hoistway and
   46  car doors are used, the measurement between the leading edge of
   47  the doors or sight guard, if provided, may not exceed 4 inches.
   48  If it is possible for a user to detach or disconnect either door
   49  from the operator and such detachment or disconnection allows
   50  the user to operate the door manually, the requirement in
   51  subparagraph 5. applies.
   52         2. If swinging hoistway doors and folding car doors are
   53  used and both doors are in the fully closed position, the space
   54  between the hoistway door and the folding door must reject a 4
   55  inch-diameter sphere at all points.
   56         3. If swinging hoistway doors and car gates are used, the
   57  space between the hoistway door and the car gate must reject a
   58  4-inch-diameter sphere at all points.
   59         4. If the car doors are powered and arranged so that they
   60  cannot be closed until after the hoistway door is closed, and
   61  the car doors automatically open when the car is at a landing
   62  and the hoistway door is opened, the measurement between the
   63  hoistway face of the hoistway door and the hoistway face of the
   64  car door at its leading edge may not exceed 4 inches. If it is
   65  possible for a user to detach or disconnect either door from the
   66  operator and such detachment or disconnection allows the user to
   67  operate the door manually, the requirement in subparagraph 5.
   68  applies.
   69         5. If swinging or horizontally sliding hoistway doors and
   70  manual horizontally sliding car doors are used and both doors
   71  are in the fully closed position, the space between the swinging
   72  or horizontally sliding hoistway door and the manual
   73  horizontally sliding car doors must reject a 4-inch-diameter
   74  sphere at all points.
   75         (3)The underside of the platform of an elevator car shall
   76  be equipped with a device that, if the platform of the elevator
   77  car is obstructed anywhere on its underside in its downward
   78  travel, interrupts the electric power to the driving machine
   79  motor and brake, if provided, and stops the elevator car’s
   80  downward motion within 2 inches. The stroke of the device may
   81  not be less than the stopping distance of the platform of the
   82  elevator car. The force required to operate the device may not
   83  exceed 15 pounds. Downward motion shall be permitted to resume
   84  only after the elevator has been manually reset.
   85         (4)This section applies to all new elevators in a private
   86  residence.
   87         Section 2. By October 1, 2016, the Florida Building
   88  Commission shall adopt s. 399.031, Florida Statutes, into the
   89  Florida Building Code pursuant to s. 553.73(8), Florida
   90  Statutes.
   91         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.