RCW 70.87.220 Elevator safety advisory committee.
(1) The department may adopt the rules necessary to establish and administer the elevator safety advisory committee. The purpose of the advisory committee is to advise the department on the adoption of rules that apply to conveyances; methods of enforcing and administering this chapter; and matters of concern to the conveyance industry and to the individual installers, owners, and users of conveyances.
(2) The advisory committee shall consist of not less than seven persons nor more than nine persons. The director of the department or his or her designee with the advice of the chief elevator inspector shall appoint the committee members as follows:
(a) A minimum of one and a maximum of two representatives of licensed elevator contractors;
(b) A minimum of one and a maximum of two representatives of elevator mechanics licensed to perform all types of conveyance work;
(c) A minimum of one and a maximum of two representatives of owner-employed mechanics exempt from licensing requirements under RCW 70.87.270;
(d) One registered architect or professional engineer representative;
(e) A minimum of one and a maximum of two building owners or manager representatives;
(f) A minimum of one and a maximum of two registered general commercial contractor representatives; and
(g) One ad hoc member representing each municipality maintaining jurisdiction of conveyances in accordance with RCW 70.87.200(2).
(3) The committee members shall serve terms of four years.
(4) The committee shall meet on the third Tuesday of February, May, August, and November of each year, and at other times at the discretion of the chief elevator inspector. The committee members shall serve without per diem or travel expenses.
(5) The chief elevator inspector shall be the secretary for the advisory committee.
[ 2019 c 151 § 1; 2003 c 143 § 7; 2002 c 98 § 11.]
NOTES:
Part headings and captions not law—Effective date—2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020.
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