Penalty

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Buildings and Housing
  4. Standards and Requirements for Construction, and Alteration, of Buildings and Other Structures
  5. Buildings Generally
  6. Fire Escapes
  7. Penalty

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Any owner of a building more than two stories in height who fails to comply with the requirements of this part and who, after receiving the notice prescribed in Code Section 8-2-51, refuses or neglects to make the alterations specified in the written notice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1889, p. 168, § 5; Penal Code 1895, § 510; Penal Code 1910, § 511; Code 1933, § 54-9908.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Liability for injury to person on business premises in consequence of passing through wrong doorway, 20 A.L.R. 1147; 27 A.L.R. 585; 42 A.L.R. 1098.

Liability for personal injury by fire escape, 42 A.L.R. 1111.

What is a "factory" within statutes relating to safety and health of employees, 163 A.L.R. 447.

PART 4 BOILERS, PRESSURE VESSELS, AND WATER HEATERS

8-2-70 through 8-2-75.

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1227, § 2, effective July 1, 1984.

Editor's notes.

- The former provisions of this part were based on Ga. L. 1969, p. 546, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 503, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1974, p. 561, § 1. For current provisions relating to safety standards for boilers and pressure vessels, see § 25-15-10 et seq.

PART 5 GLASS INSTALLATIONS

8-2-90 through 8-2-95.

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 946, § 1/HB 368, effective May 6, 2015.

Editor's notes.

- This part was based on Ga. L. 1970, p. 151, §§ 1-5; Ga. L. 1971, p. 901, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1231, § 1.

PART 6 ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS, MANLIFTS, AND MOVING WALKS

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Escalators and elevators, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations for the State of Georgia, Rules of Safety Fire Commissioner, Chapter 120-3-25.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Department of Labor is required to inspect "material lifts" under the ANSI Standard governing vertical reciprocating conveyors. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. U91-14.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Proof of Negligent or Defective Design, Manufacture, or Maintenance of Elevator, 50 POF3d 83.

Elevator Accident Cases, 7 Am. Jur. Trials 377.

Elevator Shaft Accidents - Plaintiff's Remedies, 17 Am. Jur. Trials 755.


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