California Labor Code CHAPTER 4 - Passenger Tramways

• Section 7340.
  As used in this chapter:(a) “Passenger tramway” includes any method or device used primarily for the purpose of transporting persons by means of cables or ropes...
• Section 7341.
  A passenger tramway shall not be operated in any place in this state unless a permit for the operation of the tramway is issued by...
• Section 7342.
  The operation of a passenger tramway by any person owning or having the custody, management, or operation thereof without a permit is a misdemeanor, and...
• Section 7343.
  Whenever a passenger tramway in any place is being operated without the permit herein required, and is in such condition that its use is dangerous...
• Section 7344.
  (a) The division shall cause all passenger tramways to be inspected at least two times each year.(b) At least one of the inspections required by subdivision (a)...
• Section 7345.
  If inspection shows a passenger tramway to be in an unsafe condition, the division may issue a preliminary order requiring repairs or alterations to be...
• Section 7346.
  Unless the preliminary order is complied with, a hearing before the division shall be allowed, upon request, at which the owner, operator, or other person...
• Section 7347.
  If it thereafter appears to the division that the passenger tramway is unsafe and that the requirements contained in the preliminary order should be complied...
• Section 7348.
  If the operation of a passenger tramway during the making of repairs or alterations is not immediately dangerous to the safety of employees or others,...
• Section 7349.
  The inspection herein provided for shall be made by a division safety engineer or, on ski lifts, by a certified tramway inspector qualified under Section...
• Section 7350.
  (a) The division shall fix and collect fees for the inspection of passenger tramways as it deems necessary to cover the costs of the division in...
• Section 7351.
  Fees shall be paid before issuance of a permit to operate a passenger tramway, except that the division, at its own discretion, may issue a...
• Section 7352.
  (a) All fees collected by the division under this chapter shall be deposited into the Occupational Safety and Health Fund to support the division’s passenger tramway...
• Section 7353.
  (a) A passenger tramway shall not be constructed or altered until the plans and design information have been properly certified to the division by an engineer...
• Section 7354.
  The division shall not issue an operating permit to operate a passenger tramway until it receives certification in writing by an engineer qualified under the...
• Section 7354.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any case in which an insurer admitted to transact insurance in this state has inspected or caused...
• Section 7355.
  Nothing in the foregoing sections of this chapter shall limit the authority of the division to prescribe or enforce general or special safety orders.(Added by...
• Section 7356.
  The division shall, under the authority of Section 7355, promulgate and cause to be published safety orders directing each owner or operator of a passenger...
• Section 7357.
  The division shall establish standards for the qualification of persons engaged in the operation of passenger tramways, whether as employees or otherwise. The standards shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018