0001| HOUSE BILL 791 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| W.C. "DUB" WILLIAMS | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO LICENSING; AMENDING THE HOISTING OPERATORS SAFETY | 0013| ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN EQUIPMENT FROM ITS COVERAGE. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 60-15-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, | 0017| Chapter 183, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "60-15-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Hoisting Operators | 0019| Safety Act: | 0020| A. "class I hoisting operator" means any person who | 0021| is authorized to operate a conventional crane, tower crane or | 0022| hydraulic crane of any size or weight; | 0023| B. "class II hoisting operator" means any person who | 0024| is authorized to operate: | 0025| (1) a hydraulic crane of up to one hundred tons | 0001| lifting capacity with a maximum boom length of one hundred fifty | 0002| feet, regardless of mounting or means of mobility; and | 0003| (2) any other type or size of crane or hoisting | 0004| equipment under the direct supervision of a class I hoisting | 0005| operator; | 0006| C. "class III hoisting operator" means any person | 0007| who is authorized to work as an apprentice, trainee or crane | 0008| oiler or driver under the direct supervision of a class I or | 0009| class II hoisting operator; | 0010| D. "council" means the hoisting operators licensure | 0011| examining council; | 0012| E. "crane" means a tower crane used in construction, | 0013| demolition or excavation work; a hydraulic crane; a | 0014| power-operated derrick; or a mobile, carrier-mounted, track or | 0015| crawler type power-operated hoisting machine that utilizes a | 0016| power-operated boom capable of lateral movement by the rotation | 0017| of the machine on the carrier. "Crane" does not include a | 0018| crane, except as provided in Subsection M of this section; | 0019| F. "department" means the regulation and licensing | 0020| department; | 0021| G. "endorsement" means the authorization stamped on | 0022| a class I hoisting operator's license indicating authorization | 0023| to operate a conventional crane, a tower crane or a hydraulic | 0024| crane of any size or weight; | 0025| H. "hoisting equipment" means, except as provided in | 0001| Subsection M of this section: | 0002| (1) a tower crane; | 0003| (2) a hydraulic crane with over two tons | 0004| lifting capacity; | 0005| (3) a derrick crane; or | 0006| (4) a mobile cable crane; | 0007| I. "licensee" means any person licensed under the | 0008| Hoisting Operators Safety Act; | 0009| J. "person" means an individual, firm, partnership, | 0010| corporation, association or other organization or any | 0011| combination thereof; | 0012| K. "seat time" means the actual hands-on operation | 0013| of a crane by a class II hoisting operator while under the | 0014| direct supervision of a licensed class I hoisting operator or by | 0015| a class III hoisting operator while under the direct supervision | 0016| of a licensed class I or II hoisting operator; | 0017| L. "superintendent" means the superintendent of | 0018| [the] regulation and licensing [department]; and | 0019| M. "crane" or "hoisting equipment" does not include: | 0020| (1) any crane or hoisting equipment used in | 0021| construction, demolition or excavation associated with: | 0022| [(1)] (a) natural gas gather lines; | 0023| [(2)] (b) interstate transmission | 0024| facilities and interstate natural gas facilities subject to the | 0025| federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and its | 0001| amendments; | 0002| [(3)] (c) interstate pipeline | 0003| facilities and carbon dioxide pipeline facilities subject to the | 0004| federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979; | 0005| [(4)] (d) gas and oil pipeline | 0006| facilities subject to the Pipeline Safety Act; | 0007| [(5)] (e) mining, milling or smelting | 0008| operations subject to mine safety and health administration | 0009| regulations or occupational safety and health administration | 0010| regulations; | 0011| [(6)] (f) prefabricated control rooms | 0012| of natural gas, oil or carbon dioxide pipeline transmission | 0013| facilities; | 0014| [(7)] (g) oil and gas exploration, | 0015| production or drilling; | 0016| [(8)] (h) rural electric cooperative | 0017| and electric, gas and water utility operations; | 0018| [(9)] (i) commercial sign operations; | 0019| [(10)] (j) the construction or | 0020| operation of railroads; or | 0021| [(11)] (k) the installation and | 0022| maintenance of telephone or television cable; or | 0023| (2) a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of | 0024| fifteen thousand pounds or less with a mounted boom, such as a | 0025| mechanic's heavy repair truck or a tire repair truck, not | 0001| directly involved in construction, demolition or excavation | 0002| work." | 0003|  State of New Mexico | 0004| House of Representatives | 0005| | 0006| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0007| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| February 11, 1996 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Mr. Speaker: | 0014| | 0015| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0016| been referred | 0017| | 0018| HOUSE BILL 791 | 0019| | 0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0021| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0022| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. | 0023| | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Fred Luna, Chairman | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Adopted Not Adopted | 0008| | 0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0010| | 0011| Date | 0012| | 0013| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0014| Yes: 9 | 0015| Excused: Macko | 0016| Absent: Gubbels, Varela | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| H0791BI1 State of New Mexico | 0022| House of Representatives | 0023| | 0024| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0025| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| February 13, 1996 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Mr. Speaker: | 0007| | 0008| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0009| | 0010| HOUSE BILL 791 | 0011| | 0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0013| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0014| | 0015| Respectfully submitted, | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Cisco McSorley, Chairman | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Adopted Not Adopted | 0024| | 0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0001| | 0002| Date | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0005| Yes: 8 | 0006| Excused: Sanchez, R.G. | 0007| Absent: Baca, King, Luna, Stewart | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| H0791JC1 |