Connecticut § 29-192 (Formerly Sec. 19-411). General requirements. Variations or exemptions. Appeals.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 29-192 — (Formerly Sec. 19-411). General requirements. Variations or exemptions. Appeals.

Connecticut § 29-192

Title 29Public Safety and State Police

Ch. 538Elevators, Escalators and Lifts

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-192 (2026).

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(a)Each elevator or escalator used or intended for use in this state shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated, with respect to the supporting members, elevator car, shaftway, guides, cables, doors and gates, safety stops and mechanisms, locking mechanisms, electrical apparatus and wiring, mechanical apparatus, counterweights and all other appurtenances, so as to sustain safely the load which it is designed and intended to carry according to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the commissioner adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(b)Any person may apply to the State Building Inspector to grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, standards incorporated in the regulations adopted under the pr

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(a) Each elevator or escalator used or intended for use in this state shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated, with respect to the supporting members, elevator car, shaftway, guides, cables, doors and gates, safety stops and mechanisms, locking mechanisms, electrical apparatus and wiring, mechanical apparatus, counterweights and all other appurtenances, so as to sustain safely the load which it is designed and intended to carry according to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the commissioner adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. (b) Any person may apply to the State Building Inspector to grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, standards incorporated in the regulations adopted under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, and the State Building Inspector may approve such variations, exemptions, or equivalent or alternate compliance where strict compliance with such provisions would cause practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship. (c) Any person aggrieved by any decision of the State Building Inspector pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may appeal to the Commissioner of Administrative Services or said commissioner's designee not later than thirty days after notice of such decision has been rendered. Any person aggrieved by any ruling of said commissioner or designee may appeal therefrom to the Superior Court in accordance with section 4-183 .

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 3768; P.A. 88-364, S. 44, 123; P.A. 00-165, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.) History: Sec. 19-411 transferred to Sec. 29-192 in 1983; P.A. 88-364 provided that the regulations be adopted in accordance with chapter 54, deleting provisions re procedural requirements for regulations; P.A. 00-165 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re variations or exemptions and appeals; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2013.