Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES › Building Code Council › State Elevator Code › Subtitle 8 - DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › Part 11 - ELEVATORS AND RELATED SYSTEMS › Chapter 229 - GENERAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND LEGAL PROVISIONS › Section 12-229-6.1 - Fees

Current through June, 2024
(a) Departmental inspection fees. The
						department shall collect from the owner or contractor, the fee listed in the
						schedules in Exhibit A, titled "Elevator and Kindred Equipment Installation and
						Alteration Fees", dated January 1, 2021
,
which is made
						a part of this chapter and located at the end of this chapter, and Exhibit B,
						titled "Elevator and Kindred Equipment Inspection Fees", dated January 1, 2021,
						which is made a part of this chapter and located at the end of this chapter,
						for each inspection made by a qualified inspector. The following shall apply to
						departmental inspection fees:
(1) The fees for
						scheduled inspection delayed or canceled by the requester, shall be charged to
						the requester in accordance with the scheduled fee for the type of inspection
						scheduled, however, if the notice of cancellation or delay of the scheduled
						inspection is provided at least forty-eight hours prior to the scheduled date
						and time, not counting weekends and state holidays, no additional fee will be
						charged. A delayed inspection includes situations where the equipment is not
						ready for the inspection or the requester is not ready to conduct the required
						tests within one hour of the scheduled date and time;
(2) Where an inspection must be re-scheduled
						due to untimely notification of delay or cancellation, the appropriate
						inspection fee must be paid prior to the re-scheduling of the
						inspection;
(3) Permit renewal and
						witness fees are per inspection, which may constitute one day or part of the
						day. If the inspector is required or requested to return on another day or at
						another time on the same day, additional fees shall be assessed at the rate of
						$400 per day for up to two hours and $800 per day for more than two hours. Fees
						for overtime hours shall be $800 per day for up two hours and $1,600 per day
						for more than two hours;
(4) When a
						special or dedicated inspection is made at the request of the owner,
						contractor, or vendor, the sum of expenses incurred shall be charged in
						addition to the inspection fee;
(5)
						Whenever the requester of an inspection fails to pay the fees required pursuant
						to this section within sixty days after notification, the requester shall pay,
						in addition to the fees required, a penalty equal to fifty percent of the fee.
						For the purpose of this section, the date of invoice shall be considered the
						date of notification. For online inspection requests, fees must be paid at the
						time of the request, except for additional fees for special, dedicated, return,
						or overtime inspections for which the amount owed could not be determined in
						advance. In such cases, the requester shall be invoiced by the
						department;
(6) Departmental
						reports of inspections for which expenses must be added to the basic fee shall
						be accompanied by an itemized account of the inspections made and the expenses
						incurred;
(7) For elevators that
						have considerable rise but few openings, such as observation or deep well
						elevators, each ten feet of vertical rise shall be considered on floor in
						determining installation permit fees; and
(8) The department shall charge and collect
						the fee listed in Exhibit B, titled "Elevator and Kindred Equipment Inspection
						Fees", dated January 1, 2021, which is made a part of this chapter and located
						at the end of this chapter, for each category 3 or 5, or internal escalator
						inspection, witnessed by qualified inspectors of the department during regular
						working hours. If the inspector is required or requested to return on another
						day or at another time on the same day, additional fees shall be assessed at
						the rate of $400 per day for up to two hours and $800 per day for more than two
						hours. Fees for overtime hours shall be $800 per day for up to two hours and
						$1,600 per day for more than two hours.