Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1602
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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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)
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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.