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Senate Bill 1729 |
Senate Author: Carona |
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Effective: 6-16-07 |
House Sponsor: Solomons |
Senate Bill 1729 amends the Health and Safety Code to provide that standards adopted by the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation (TCLR) pertaining to the regulation of elevators, escalators, and related equipment may include and be guided by revised versions of certain codes adopted by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The bill authorizes the executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, on application of a person and in accordance with procedures adopted by TCLR, to grant a variance that allows the installation of new technology if the new component is equivalent or superior to the standards adopted by TCLR and to charge a reasonable fee for the variance application.