LLR - Office of Elevators and Amusement Rides: JR to Approve Regulation Document No. 5353
Summary
S0500 is a joint resolution that approves regulations adopted by the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Office of Elevators and Amusement Rides. The resolution specifically references Regulation Document No. 5353 and authorizes the regulatory changes after submission to the General Assembly under the state’s administrative procedures law.
The bill itself does not spell out the substantive regulatory changes in detail; instead, it functions as legislative approval of a rulemaking package that the agency says resulted from a comprehensive review of Chapter 71 of the South Carolina Code of Regulations. According to the agency summary, the review was conducted under S.C. Code Section 1-23-120(J), and a Notice of Drafting was published in May 2024.
Impact
If enacted, the resolution would give legal effect to the Office of Elevators and Amusement Rides’ amended regulations in Chapter 71 of the South Carolina Code of Regulations. Its practical impact is to update the state’s regulatory framework governing elevators and amusement rides, affecting the agency’s oversight, regulated businesses, inspectors, owners/operators, and potentially public safety compliance requirements. Because the bill is an approval resolution rather than a substantive policy bill, its legal effect is to ratify agency rulemaking rather than create new statutory law.
Sentiment
There is no recorded committee transcript or vote history in the provided materials, so there is no direct evidence of debate, support, or opposition. Based on the bill’s form, the measure appears routine and administrative in nature, with the General Assembly acting to approve an agency regulation package after review. The absence of recorded controversy suggests the bill was likely treated as a standard regulatory approval item rather than a contested policy proposal.
Contention
No specific points of contention are identified in the available record because there are no committee transcripts, amendments, or votes included. Any potential concerns would likely center on the substance of the underlying elevator and amusement ride regulations—such as safety standards, inspection requirements, licensing, or compliance costs—but the bill text provided does not describe those changes. As a result, no particular legislator, committee, industry group, or public stakeholder can be identified as taking a position from the supplied materials.