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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 198B HOUSING, BUILDINGS, AND CONSTRUCTION - BUILDING CODE
198B.500 Safety equipment.

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198B.500 Safety equipment. Every passenger elevator or fixed guideway system shall be equipped, maintained, and <br>operated, with respect to the supporting members, elevator or fixed guideway system car, <br>shaftways, guides, cables, doors, and gates, safety stops and mechanism, electrical <br>apparatus and wiring, mechanical apparatus, counterweights, and all other appurtenances, <br>in accordance with the regulations as are authorized in respect thereto. Where reasonable <br>safety is obtained without complying to the literal requirements of the regulations, as in <br>cases of practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, the literal requirements of the <br>regulations shall not be required. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 9, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 232, sec. 6. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 13. Formerly codified as KRS 336.630.

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