SB509 H GO AM 2-17

Hubbard 3192

The Committee on Government Organization moves to amend the bill on page one, by striking out everything after the enacting section and inserting in lieu there of the following:

“ARTICLE 10. AMUSEMENT RIDES AND AMUSEMENT ATTRACTIONS SAFETY ACT.

§21-10-6. Permits; application; annual inspection.

No operator or owner may knowingly permit the operation of an amusement ride or amusement attraction without a permit issued by the division. Each year, and at least fifteen days before the first time the amusement ride or amusement attraction is made available in this state for public use, an operator or owner shall apply for a permit to the division on a form furnished by the division and containing any information the division may require. The division shall, upon application and within ten thirty days of the first time the ride or attraction is made available in this state for public use, inspect all amusement rides and amusement attractions. The division shall inspect all stationary rides and attractions at least once every year. The division shall create an inspection checklist and provide it to owners and operators of amusement rides and amusement attractions. The owner or operator shall inspect all mobile amusement rides and amusement attractions each time they are assembled for use in this state and complete a copy of the inspection checklist provided by the division and must be available at the site for the division to inspect and review for the duration of the amusement ride or amusement attraction’s use. The inspection may be performed by a certified inspector the division or the owner or operator as attested to on the inspection checklist. The owner or operator shall submit all completed inspection checklists to the division by December 31 of each year. The division may inspect all mobile amusement rides and amusement attractions each time they are disassembled and reassembled for use in this state. The division may conduct inspections at any reasonable time without prior notice: Provided, That in lieu of performing its own inspection the division may accept inspection reports from special inspectors certified by the division.”