§132-8.5 Automatic elevators. (a) Every owner, as defined in section 132-8, of a building in a county with more than five floors above or below ground, in which there is an elevator having automatic operation, shall provide that one or more elevators in such building shall be arranged for use by firefighters as follows:
(b) In any case where a contract for the installation of an elevator in a building with more than five floors above or below ground, has been entered on or after July 1, 1974, the elevator shall meet all requirements of the American National Standard Safety Code for Elevators, A17.1-1971, and supplements A17.1a-1972 and A17.1b-1973, as amended from time to time.
(c) The installation, operation, and maintenance of the safety feature prescribed in subsection (a) shall comply with Appendix E of the American National Standard Safety Code for Elevators A17.1-1971, as amended from time to time, and with rules promulgated in conformity with chapter 91 by each county fire chief.
(d) Each county fire chief shall, after consultation with the director of labor and industrial relations as administrator of the Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Law under chapter 396, promulgate rules in conformity with chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this section as it applies to all elevators contracted for, before July 1, 1974.
(e) Any person who violates this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 132-13. [L 1972, c 24, §2; am L 1974, c 67, §1; HRS §132-9.5; am L 1977, c 191, §2; ren and am L 1978, c 241, §2(10)]