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198B.470 Annual inspection. (Effective until July 1, 2011)

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198B.470 Annual inspection. (Effective until July 1, 2011) Every passenger elevator, moving sidewalk, fixed guideway system, and escalator shall <br>be inspected once every twelve (12) months. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 6, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 232, sec. 4. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 10. Formerly codified as KRS 336.600. 198B.470 Annual inspection -- Exemptions. (Effective July 1, 2011) <br>(1) Except as indicated under subsection (2) of this section, every passenger elevator, freight elevator, moving sidewalk, fixed guideway system, and escalator shall be <br>inspected once every twelve (12) months. (2) The following shall be exempt from the annual inspection requirements of subsection (1) of this section: <br>(a) Material lifts; <br>(b) Grain elevators; <br>(c) Mine elevators; <br>(d) Stage elevators; <br>(e) Orchestra elevators; <br>(f) Organ console elevators; <br>(g) Elevators and lifting devices solely in residential buildings used by the occupants of a dwelling unit, except where the lifting device is used or <br>accessible by the occupants of more than one (1) dwelling unit; (h) Freight elevators on the licensed premises of a distillery licensed under KRS 243.030(1); (i) Non-federally regulated, funicular fixed guideway systems; and <br>(j) Passenger elevators, freight elevators, moving sidewalks, fixed guideway systems, and escalators installed in federal properties and projects. Effective: July 1, 2011 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 24, effective July 1, 2011. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 6, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 232, sec. 4. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 10. Formerly codified as KRS 336.600.