2020 Georgia Code
Title 8 - Buildings and Housing
Chapter 2 - Standards and Requirements for Construction, and Alteration, of Buildings and Other Structures
Article 1 - Buildings Generally
Part 3 - Fire Escapes
§ 8-2-54. Penalty

Any owner of a building more than two stories in height who fails to comply with the requirements of this part and who, after receiving the notice prescribed in Code Section 8-2-51, refuses or neglects to make the alterations specified in the written notice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1889, p. 168, § 5; Penal Code 1895, § 510; Penal Code 1910, § 511; Code 1933, § 54-9908.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Liability for injury to person on business premises in consequence of passing through wrong doorway, 20 A.L.R. 1147; 27 A.L.R. 585; 42 A.L.R. 1098.

Liability for personal injury by fire escape, 42 A.L.R. 1111.

What is a "factory" within statutes relating to safety and health of employees, 163 A.L.R. 447.

PART 4 BOILERS, PRESSURE VESSELS, AND WATER HEATERS

8-2-70 through 8-2-75.

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1227, § 2, effective July 1, 1984.

- The former provisions of this part were based on Ga. L. 1969, p. 546, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 503, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1974, p. 561, § 1. For current provisions relating to safety standards for boilers and pressure vessels, see § 25-15-10 et seq.

PART 5 GLASS INSTALLATIONS

8-2-90 through 8-2-95.

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 946, § 1/HB 368, effective May 6, 2015.

- This part was based on Ga. L. 1970, p. 151, §§ 1-5; Ga. L. 1971, p. 901, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1231, § 1.

PART 6 ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS, MANLIFTS, AND MOVING WALKS

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Escalators and elevators, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations for the State of Georgia, Rules of Safety Fire Commissioner, Chapter 120-3-25.

Department of Labor is required to inspect "material lifts" under the ANSI Standard governing vertical reciprocating conveyors. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. U91-14.

Proof of Negligent or Defective Design, Manufacture, or Maintenance of Elevator, 50 POF3d 83.

Elevator Accident Cases, 7 Am. Jur. Trials 377.

Elevator Shaft Accidents - Plaintiff's Remedies, 17 Am. Jur. Trials 755.