NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 777

HOUSE BILL 1010

 

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO ASSESS AND COLLECT INSPECTION SERVICE FEES FOR THE INSTALLATION AND ALTERATION OF ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AND TO ASSESS AND COLLECT INSPECTION SERVICE FEES FOR ANNUAL INSPECTIONS OF AMUSEMENT DEVICES, AERIAL PASSENGER TRAMWAYS AND INCLINED RAILROADS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The North Carolina Department of Labor is hereby authorized to assess and collect the following inspection service fees for the installation and alteration of elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters other than those installed or altered in restaurants and special equipment, based on the cost of installation or alteration:

Cost of Installation or Alteration                                             Unit Fee

$0 - $ 10,000                                                                           $ 70

$10,001 - $ 30,000                                                                  $110

$30,001 - $ 50,000                                                                  $155

$50,001 - $ 80,000                                                                  $195

$80,001 - $100,000                                                                 $215

Over $100,000                                                                        $260

Sec. 2.  The North Carolina Department of Labor is hereby authorized to assess and collect the following inspection service fees for annual inspections for each location within the State of amusement devices, aerial passenger tramways and inclined railroads:

Type Inspection                                                                     Unit Fee

Amusement Devices                                                                 $ 10

Gondolas, Chairlifts

     and Inclined Railroads                                                          $125

J- or T-Bars                                                                             $ 56

Rope Tows                                                                              $ 28

Sec. 3.  The assessment of the fees pursuant to this act shall be made against the owner or operator of such equipment and shall be collected at the time of inspection. Certificates of safe operation shall be withheld by the Department of Labor until such time as the assessed fees are collected.

Sec. 4.  All fees collected by the Department of Labor pursuant to this act shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be used exclusively for inspection purposes of the equipment referenced in this act.

Sec. 5.  Inspection of erection of rides is related solely to carnivals and fairs.

Sec. 6.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1976.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1975.