CHAPTER 292

H.P. 917 - L.D. 1243

An Act To Exclude Inclined Stairway Chairlifts from the

Definition of Elevator

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §15202, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1999, c. 386, Pt. X, §2, is further amended to read:

5. Elevator. "Elevator" includes an escalator or a manlift and means a guided hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car, platform or load-carrying unit, including doors, well, enclosures, means and appurtenances. "Elevator" does not include an inclined stairway chairlift, a conveyor, chain or bucket hoist or a tiering, piling or feeding device. For the purposes of this subsection, "inclined stairway chairlift" means a mechanized chair apparatus running on a track or rail along the side of a staircase.