2006 Alabama Code - Section 25-13-18 — Installation by licensee; certification of compliance; certificate of operation; inspection.

(a) All new conveyance installations shall be performed by a sole proprietor, firm, or corporation to which a license to install or service conveyances has been issued. Subsequent to installation, the licensed sole proprietor, firm, or corporation must certify compliance with the applicable sections of this chapter. Prior to any conveyance being used, the property owner or lessee must obtain a certificate of operation from the administrator. A fee as set forth in this chapter shall be paid for the certificate of operation. It shall be the responsibility of the licensed elevator contractor to complete and submit first-time registrations for new installations. The certificate of operation fee for newly installed platform lifts and stairway chairlifts for private residences shall be subsequent to an inspection by a licensed third party inspection firm.

(b) The certificate of operation fee for all new and existing stairway chairlifts for private residences and any renewal fees shall be waived. The administrator, or his or her designee, shall inspect, in accordance with the requirements set forth in this chapter, all newly installed and existing platform lifts and stairway chairlifts for private residences subsequent to an inspection by a person, firm, or corporation to which a license to inspect conveyances has been issued. The administrator shall provide notice to the owner of the private residence where the conveyance is located with relevant information about conveyance safety requirements, including, but not limited to, having the owner contact the administrator in order to ensure that the conveyance is periodically and timely inspected and made safe before the permit for the conveyance expires. The inspection shall only be done at the request and consent of the private residence owner. All penalty provisions of this chapter shall not apply to private residence owners.

(c) A certificate of operation is renewable annually except for certificates issued for platform and stairway chairlifts for private residences, which shall be valid for a period of three years. Certificates of operation must be clearly displayed on or in each conveyance.

(Act 2003-349, §19.)