Georgia § 25-15-85 - Permit required; application; engineering evaluation.
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§ 25-15-85. Permit required; application; engineering evaluation.
No carnival ride shall be operated in any calendar year, except for purposes of testing and inspection, until a permit for its operation has been issued by the office. The owner of a carnival ride shall apply for a permit to the office on a form furnished by the office, providing such information as the office may require. Beginning January 1, 2018, no permit for a carnival ride to operate in this state shall be issued by the office until the carnival owner submits an engineering evaluation from a licensed engineer that evaluates the functionality of safety mechanisms and the condition of the critical components of the carnival ride. The scope of such engineering evaluation may be further prescribed by standards and regulations of the office that are consistent with this subsection. Such evaluation shall be provided prior to the annual inspection required by Code Section 25-15-86 and use of the carnival ride by the general public. The submission of such evaluation shall only be required the first time the carnival owner applies for a permit for the carnival ride in this state on or after January 1, 2018. (Code 1981, § 34-13-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 330, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 950, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1945, § 1; Code 1981, § 25-15-85 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1144, § 4/SB 446; Ga. L. 2017, p. 578, § 1/SB 141.) The 2012 amendment, effective May 2, 2012, redesignated former Code Section 34-13-7 as present Code Section 25-15-85, and substituted "office" for "department" throughout this Code section. The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); and added subsection (b).
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