7340. As used in this chapter: (a) “Passenger tramway” includes any method or device used primarily for the purpose of transporting persons by means of cables or ropes suspended between two or more points or structures. (b) “Permit” means a permit issued by the division to operate a passenger tramway in any place. (Amended by Stats. 2016, […]
7341. A passenger tramway shall not be operated in any place in this state unless a permit for the operation of the tramway is issued by the division, and unless the permit remains in effect and is kept posted conspicuously in the main operating terminal of the tramway. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. […]
7342. The operation of a passenger tramway by any person owning or having the custody, management, or operation thereof without a permit is a misdemeanor, and each day of operation without a permit is a separate offense. No prosecution shall be maintained where the issuance or renewal of a permit has been requested and remains […]
7343. Whenever a passenger tramway in any place is being operated without the permit herein required, and is in such condition that its use is dangerous to the life or safety of any person, the division, or any person affected thereby, may apply to the superior court of the county in which the passenger tramway […]
7344. (a) The division shall cause all passenger tramways to be inspected at least two times each year. (b) At least one of the inspections required by subdivision (a) shall take place between November 15 of each year and March 15 of the succeeding year. (c) If a passenger tramway is found upon inspection to be in a […]
7345. If inspection shows a passenger tramway to be in an unsafe condition, the division may issue a preliminary order requiring repairs or alterations to be made to the passenger tramway that are necessary to render it safe, and may order the operation or use thereof discontinued until the repairs or alterations are made or […]
7346. Unless the preliminary order is complied with, a hearing before the division shall be allowed, upon request, at which the owner, operator, or other person in charge of the passenger tramway may appear and show cause why he should not comply with the order. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 206. (SB 836) […]
7347. If it thereafter appears to the division that the passenger tramway is unsafe and that the requirements contained in the preliminary order should be complied with, or that other things should be done to make the passenger tramway safe, the division may order or confirm the withholding of the permit and may make requirements […]
7348. If the operation of a passenger tramway during the making of repairs or alterations is not immediately dangerous to the safety of employees or others, the division may issue a temporary permit for the operation of the tramway for a term not to exceed 30 days during the making of repairs or alterations. (Amended […]
7349. The inspection herein provided for shall be made by a division safety engineer or, on ski lifts, by a certified tramway inspector qualified under Section 7354.5 and employed by a licensed insurance company. A temporary permit for operation may be issued by a division engineer or by the qualified insurance inspector, on a form […]
7350. (a) The division shall fix and collect fees for the inspection of passenger tramways as it deems necessary to cover the costs of the division in administering this chapter. In fixing the amount of these fees, the division may include direct costs and a reasonable percentage attributable to the indirect costs of the division for […]
7351. Fees shall be paid before issuance of a permit to operate a passenger tramway, except that the division, at its own discretion, may issue a temporary operating permit not to exceed 30 days, pending receipt of payment of fees. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 210. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
7352. (a) All fees collected by the division under this chapter shall be deposited into the Occupational Safety and Health Fund to support the division’s passenger tramway inspection program. (b) On the effective date of the statute adding this subdivision, any moneys in the Elevator Safety Account that, before that date, were deposited pursuant to this section, […]
7353. (a) A passenger tramway shall not be constructed or altered until the plans and design information have been properly certified to the division by an engineer qualified under the Professional Engineers Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code). (b) Any person who owns, has custody of, manages, […]
7354. The division shall not issue an operating permit to operate a passenger tramway until it receives certification in writing by an engineer qualified under the Professional Engineers Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code) that the erection work on the tramway has been completed in […]
7354.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any case in which an insurer admitted to transact insurance in this state has inspected or caused to be inspected, by a qualified, licensed professional engineer registered in California pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, […]
7355. Nothing in the foregoing sections of this chapter shall limit the authority of the division to prescribe or enforce general or special safety orders. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1047.)
7356. The division shall, under the authority of Section 7355, promulgate and cause to be published safety orders directing each owner or operator of a passenger tramway to report to the division each known incident where the maintenance, operation, or use of the tramway results in injury to any person, unless the injury does not […]
7357. The division shall establish standards for the qualification of persons engaged in the operation of passenger tramways, whether as employees or otherwise. The standards shall be consistent with the general objective of this chapter in providing for the safety of members of the public who use passenger tramways and those engaged in their operation. […]
