§ 7322. — 7322. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1149, Sec. 38.)

California § 7322.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code LAB: Labor Code - LAB
• Div. 5.: DIVISION 5. SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT
• Part 3.: PART 3. SAFETY ON BUILDINGS
• Ch. 2.: CHAPTER 2. Elevators, Escalators, Platform and Stairway Chair Lifts, Dumbwaiters, Moving Walks, Automated People Movers, and Other Conveyances

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(a)
Once an authorized representative of the division has issued an order prohibiting the use of a conveyance as specified in Sections 7301, 7305, 7314, or subdivision (b) of Section 7321, the person owning or having custody, management, or operation of the conveyance may contest the order and shall be granted, upon request, a hearing to review the validity of the order. The hearing shall be held no later than 10 working days following receipt of the request for hearing.
(b)
After a notice is attached as provided in Section 7305 or subdivision (b) of Section 7321, every person who enters or uses, or directs or causes another to enter or use, any conveyance before it is made safe, or who defaces, destroys, or removes the notice without the authority of the division, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seventy thousand dollars ($70,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(c)
After a notice is attached for failure to comply with the requirements of Section 7301 or 7314, every person who enters or uses, or directs or causes another to enter or use, any conveyance before it is made safe, or who defaces, destroys, or removes the notice without the authority of the division, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven thousand dollars ($7,000), imprisonment in the county jail for not
more than six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1149, Sec. 38. Effective January 1, 2003.