(1) Payment of required fees and civil penalties imposed under these rules and regulations shall be made in accordance with instructions and forms on the website of the Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire. In determining acceptable methods of payment, the Commissioner should consider all relevant factors, including the convenience of the parties, the availability of better means of payment through enhanced technology, the need for efficient administration of the law, and the cost to the agency.(2) Once permits are processed by this office, no refunds will be issued.(3) Fees shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:(a) Certification - Examination: 1. Inspector ................... $100.002. Elevator Mechanic ............... $100.00(b) Certification - Annual: 1. Inspector ..................... $50.00 2. Class I Elevator Contractor ............... $300.003. Class II Elevator Contractor ............. $200.004. Class III Elevator Contractor ............ $100.00(c) Certification - Bi-Annual Renewal: 1. Elevator Mechanic ................ $50.00(d) Installation Permits: 1. Passenger or Freight base price, per unit ............................ $400.00 Plus, each opening ................................................................ $50.00
2. Dumbwaiters and material lifts, per unit ............................. $250.003. Escalator, per unit ................................................................ $500.00 4. Workmen's hoist, per unit ............................... $500.005. Workmen's hoist, tower rise, per jump ................................ $150.006. Private residence elevators ................................................... $400.00 Plus, each opening .................................................................. $50.00
7. Private residence platform lifts (wheelchair lifts) and stairway chairlifts, first unit permitted at single residence ........... ....... $250.00 any additional units at time of permitting ......... $50.00 per unit
8. Belt Manlift ......................................................................... $250.009. Special purpose personnel elevators and wheelchair lifts, per unit ................................................................................... $250.00(e)One acceptance inspection is included in the installation permit fee. All additional permit inspections shall be at two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars per hour. Elevator Construction Permits shall expire two (2) years from the date of issue, if the permit has shown no action. Elevator Construction Permit Certificates shall expire no more than six (6) months from the date of completion of the permit. If the permit is open more than two (2) years with no action, it will therefore be cancelled.
(f) Major Alteration Permits: 1. Each Alteration - One item as outlined in the Standard, per unit .................................................................................. $240.002. Each additional alteration as outlined in the Standard, per unit .................................................................................. $120.003. Maximum alteration fee, per unit ....................................... $1,200.00(g) The acceptance inspection fee is included in the major alteration permit fee. The alterations acceptance inspection will not change the normal inspection or the operating permit due date.(h) Additional permit inspections shall be at the rate of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per hour.(i) Operating Permit: 1. Operating permit - one year, price per unit ............................. $65.002. Temporary operating permit, per unit .................................... $100.00(j) Inspection by a certified inspector of the Office: 1. Initial inspection of a temporary elevator, per unit .................. $200.002. Periodic inspection of a temporary elevator used during construction, per unit ....................................................................................... $50.003. Annual fee for inspections are based upon number of openings per unit. 101 to 110 openings | $445.00 |
91 to 100 openings | $420.00 |
81 to 90 openings | $395.00 |
71 to 80 openings | $370.00 |
61 to 70 openings | $345.00 |
51 to 60 openings | $320.00 |
41 to 50 openings | $295.00 |
31 to 40 openings | $270.00 |
21 to 30 openings | $245.00 |
11 to 20 openings | $220.00 |
10 openings | $195.00 |
9 openings | $170.00 |
8 openings | $145.00 |
7 openings | $120.00 |
6 openings | $95.00 |
5 openings | $85.00 |
4 openings | $75.00 |
3 openings | $65.00 |
2 openings | $55.00 |
(k) All third and subsequent inspections shall be at two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars per elevator for routine inspections.(l) Appeal hearings before the Board, per Appeal ........................ $500.00(m) The Office may bill applicants for operating certificates prior to the issuance of such certificates.(4) The Office may provide services or perform inspections not otherwise specified in the fee structure. The charge for this service shall be at the rate of $250.00 per visit, per elevator.(5) The Office will allow licensed private inspection companies with valid commissioned inspectors to perform permit inspections on residential equipment that falls under the scope of ASME A18.1, latest adopted addition.(a) No inspection will be allowed as in (5) above prior to the installer obtaining the required permit and two sets of approved stamped drawings from this Office. These are required to be at the site of the prior to any inspection.(b) These inspections shall be subject to audit by the Office.(c) Both the installer and the inspection company will be responsible for ensuring that the installation meets all state adopted regulations and that all testing has been completed. The inspection company is responsible for supplying a copy of this report to the installer. An electronic copy of this report shall be sent to the Office prior to the equipment being placed in service.(d) Any inspection of residential equipment that falls under the scope of ASME A18.1 not performed by a licensed private inspection companies with commissioned inspectors shall be performed by a State Deputy Inspector.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 120-3-25-.14
O.C.G.A. §§ 8-2-102, 8-2-103, 8-2-104.
Original Rule entitled "Existing Installation (General)" adopted. F. Sep. 4, 2013; eff. Sept. 24, 2013.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Dec. 12, 2014; eff. Jan. 1, 2015.Repealed: New Rule entitled "Fees" adopted. F. Dec. 4, 2020; eff. Dec. 29, 2020, as specified by the Agency.Amended: F. June 10, 2022; eff. July 1, 2022, as specified by the Agency.