(1) The director shall promulgate rules for the registration, construction, repair, and maintenance of amusement rides and for the financial responsibility of operators. The rules shall require operators to submit a periodic certificate of inspection to the division for each amusement ride. The director shall establish minimum standards for the certification of inspectors and shall require each operator to submit the inspector's qualifications to the division with an annual registration application. The inspector for each amusement ride shall be an independent third-party inspector.
The director shall establish annual registration fees by rule to cover the costs of thedivision's oversight of amusement rides. All fees collected by the division pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the public safety inspection fund created by section 8-1-151.
The director may prohibit the operation of an amusement ride that does not meet theregistration, construction, repair, inspection, and maintenance requirements established by the division pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1022, § 3, effective May 21.