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An Act To Improve Elevator Safety
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §15213, first ¶,  as amended by PL 2001, c. 573, Pt. B, §20 and affected by §36, is further amended to read:
A person may not service, repair, alter or install any elevator unless that person is licensed as an elevator or lift mechanic under this chapter. Elevator work in industrial plants and manufacturing plants may be performed by plant personnel who are not licensed under this chapter if the work is supervised by the plant engineer and performed in compliance with rules adopted by the board.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires that work on elevators in industrial and manufacturing plants must be done by a person that is licensed as an elevator or lift mechanic.