1. (a) To obtain a Certificate of Compliance, the building owner must submit to the Department within 60 days of the equipment inspection date, the following items:

   1. (1) the application for Certificate of Compliance;
   2. (2) a copy of the inspection reports for a unit of equipment in a building;
   3. (3) written documentation to verify that all violations of the applicable ASME code, cited on the inspection report, have been corrected or are under contract to be corrected;
   4. (4) any application(s) for Delay or Waiver, if applicable; and,
   5. (5) all applicable fees.

2. (b) All delay applications, received after September 1, 2003 to install door restrictor and fire service by September 1, 2010, must include the following on the delay application form or attach a statement to the delay application form:

   1. (1) verification that the building owner has notified all tenants in the building that the elevators do not comply with the door restrictor or fire service requirements in the ASME A17.3--2002 Code and has made available to tenants upon request the building owner plan of compliance before 2010;
   2. (2) the building owner plan of compliance before 2010; and
   3. (3) compliance completion date.
3. (c) The building owner must submit the status of all delays to the Department, in writing, on or before the expiration of each delay granted.
4. (d) The Owner shall notify the Department, in writing and within 30 days, of equipment that has been placed out of service. The equipment must be placed out of service in accordance with the definition in A17.1-2000, "installation placed out of service."
5. (e) The owner shall notify the Department, in writing and within 30 days, of an elevator that has had alterations converting the equipment to a material lift. The conversion shall comply with A17.1-2000, Section XIV.
6. (f) The owner shall notify the Department, in writing and within 30 days, of a material lift that has had alterations converting the equipment to an elevator. The elevator must be inspected and brought into compliance with A17.1-2000.

Source Note:The provisions of this §74.50 adopted to be effective January 7, 1994, 18 TexReg 9929; amended to be effective October 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 7279; amended to be effective May 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3779; amended to be effective August 1, 1999, 24 TexReg 5867; amended to be effective February 6, 2003, 28 TexReg 929; amended to be effective December 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 10460.