§132-8.5  Automatic elevators.  (a) Every owner, as defined in section 132-8, of a building in a county with morethan five floors above or below ground, in which there is an elevator havingautomatic operation, shall provide that one or more elevators in such buildingshall be arranged for use by firefighters as follows:

(1)  A key-operated switch with light jewel shall beprovided adjacent to the elevator at the street floor landing and may beprovided at other landings subject to the discretion of the county fire chief. The key-operated switch shall remove the elevator from normal service and placeit on firefighters' service.

(2)  The key-operated switch shall, when operated,cancel existing car calls, prevent registration of further car calls, preventthe opening of the elevator doors except at the landing at which the switch islocated, and cause the car to travel to that landing bypassing other landingcalls.  The light jewel shall be illuminated when the car is returning to thefirefighters' landing in response to the operation of the key-operated switch.

(3)  When the car arrives at the firefighters'landing, the doors shall open and remain open until closed by the operation ofthe elevator from the car.

(4)  A key-operated switch shall be provided in thecar which can be operated only by the key which operates the firefighters'landing switch and which, when operated, shall permit operation of the elevatoronly from the car-operating buttons and cause the elevator to bypass landingcalls.

(b)  In any case where a contract for theinstallation of an elevator in a building with more than five floors above orbelow ground, has been entered on or after July 1, 1974, the elevatorshall meet all requirements of the American National Standard Safety Code forElevators, A17.1-1971, and supplements A17.1a-1972 and A17.1b-1973, as amendedfrom time to time.

(c)  The installation, operation, andmaintenance of the safety feature prescribed in subsection (a) shall complywith Appendix E of the American National Standard Safety Code for ElevatorsA17.1-1971, as amended from time to time, and with rules promulgated inconformity with chapter 91 by each county fire chief.

(d)  Each county fire chief shall, afterconsultation with the director of labor and industrial relations asadministrator of the Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Law under chapter396, promulgate rules in conformity with chapter 91 necessary for the purposesof this section as it applies to all elevators contracted for, beforeJuly 1, 1974.

(e)  Any person who violates this section shallbe subject to the penalties provided in section 132-13. [L 1972, c 24, §2; am L1974, c 67, §1; HRS §132-9.5; am L 1977, c 191, §2; am and ren L 1978, c 241,§2(10)]