BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         S.B. 739
                                                       By: Leedom
                                                    State Affairs
                                                          3-14-95
                                       Committee Report (Amended)
BACKGROUND

Currently, the standards of the Commissioner of Licensing and
Regulation for elevators, escalators, and related equipment used by
the public does not apply to non-public restricted access elevators
which the public is not generally invited to use.  Attorney General
Letter Opinion 94-096, however, determined that the "public"
included "any and all individuals" and that all elevators which
carried members of the public were subject to inspection with the
exception of those found in private homes.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 739 provides that Chapter 754B, Texas Health and
Safety Code, does not apply to an elevator, an escalator, or
related equipment in an industrial facility to which access is
limited principally to employees of that facility.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 754.014, Texas Health and Safety Code,
by adding Subsection (d), to provide that Chapter 754B does not
apply to an elevator, an escalator, or related equipment in an
industrial facility to which access is limited principally to
employees of that facility.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1995.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.