21 V.S.A. § 142
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§ 142. Conveyances regulated
Official statutory text
(a) This subchapter regulates the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following conveyances and associated parts that are installed in or on a public building:
(1) hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car or platform, that moves between two or more landings, including:
(A) elevators;
(B) platform lifts and stairway chairlifts;
(C) power-driven stairways; and
(D) escalators; and
(2) hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car that serves two or more landings and is designed to carry material, not people, but not including dumbwaiters.
(b) This subchapter does not cover the conveyances that are regulated by the Vermont Tramway Board, by the rules of the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or by the federal Mine Safety and Health Act, 30 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.
(1) hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car or platform, that moves between two or more landings, including:
(A) elevators;
(B) platform lifts and stairway chairlifts;
(C) power-driven stairways; and
(D) escalators; and
(2) hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car that serves two or more landings and is designed to carry material, not people, but not including dumbwaiters.
(b) This subchapter does not cover the conveyances that are regulated by the Vermont Tramway Board, by the rules of the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or by the federal Mine Safety and Health Act, 30 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.
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