The department shall enforce the regulations adopted pursuant to section 29-203, and shall inspect the construction, operation and maintenance of passenger tramways to determine whether such regulations have been complied with by the operators. Each passenger tramway shall be thoroughly inspected by a qualified inspector approved by the department at least once every twelve months. More frequent inspections of any passenger tramway may be made if the condition thereof indicates that additional inspections are necessary or desirable. As soon as the department inspects and approves any passenger tramway as being fit for operation, it shall issue to the operator, upon receipt of a fee of two hundred dollars, a certificate of operation with such conditions and limitations as the commissioner shall prescribe. Such certificate shall be valid for twelve months and shall be renewed yearly, if the department approves the passenger tramway, upon payment of a renewal fee of one hundred dollars. No passenger tramway may be operated without such operating certificate.

(P.A. 73-422, S. 6, 8; P.A. 80-297, S. 8, 20; P.A. 85-560, S. 4; P.A. 89-163; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 63, 117; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 147.)

History: P.A. 80-297 increased fee for first certificate from $15 to $25 and for renewal from $10 to $20; Sec. 19-418f transferred to Sec. 29-206 in 1983; P.A. 85-560 amended Subsec. (a), increasing fees for the initial issuance of certificates of operation from $25 to $100 and for renewal certificates from $20 to $40; P.A. 89-163 deleted Subsec. (b) re payment of expenses of department in making inspections and requiring operator to reimburse department for expenses of inspection; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 increased the fee for certificate of operation from $100 to $150 and the renewal fee from $40 to $80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 increased initial fee from $150 to $200 and increased renewal fee from $80 to $100, effective July 1, 2007.