ELEVATOR ADVISORY BOARD Meeting of August 14, 2013 North Campus Building, 1st Floor Public Meeting Room 1106 Clayton Lane, Austin, Texas Summary of Minutes

Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris called the meeting of the Elevator Advisory Board to order at 1:05 p.m.

Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris called roll. Members present were Bryan Morris, Scott Anderson, Nancy Crumley, Grayson Gill, John McGraw, and Ronnie Niemtschk. Absent: Greg Tamez and Ronald Menard. A quorum was present.

Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris moved to agenda item C., Approval of minutes – Meeting of May 15, 2012. Board member, Scott Anderson, seconded by Nancy Crumley, made a motion to accept the minutes as presented. The motion passed with a unanimous vote in favor.

Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris moved to agenda item D., Public Comment. There was no public comment.

Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris moved to agenda item E., Staff Reports. Executive Office: Bill Kuntz, Executive Director, and staff provided reports and answered questions from the Board members.

Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris moved to agenda item F., Discussion and possible recommendation on the proposed amendments to existing rules, proposed new rules, and proposed repeal of existing rules at 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 74, Elevators, Escalators and Related Equipment, to implement Senate Bills 540 and 673, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session (2013) and general rule clean up. Charles Johnson and Wendy Pellow, Assistant General Counsels, provided an overview of the proposed changes to the rules. The Board discussed the proposed rule changes and offered recommendations to revise several sections for clarity and ease of understanding. The Board recommended changes to sections 74.10, 74.20, 74.22, 74.24, 74.30, 74.702, and 74.703. Section 74.703, regarding Responsibilities of the Owner-Other Documents, was referred to a work group for further review and discussion. Work Group members are Grayson Gill, John McGraw and Bryan Morris. The staff informed the Board that the draft proposed rules currently numbered as Sections 74.701, 74.702, 74.703, and 74.704 would be renumbered as Sections 74.66, 74.67, 74.68, and 74.69 in the proposed rules published in the Texas Register. The Board made a motion to recommend that the staff publish the proposed rules for public comment. The motion passed by a unanimous vote.

Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris moved to agenda item G., Recommendations for agenda items for the next meeting. The Board decided to place the following on the next agenda: (1) Work Group reports; and (2) review and discussion of the proposed rules and any public comments received on the proposed rules. The Board also requested that the Compliance Division staff report include additional details regarding the nature of the accidents and incidents reported to the Department. Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris moved to agenda item H., Discussion of date, time, and location of next Board meeting. The Board decided to hold the next meeting October 7, 2013, at 1:00 p.m.

Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris moved to agenda item I., Adjournment. Presiding Officer, Bryan Morris adjourned the meeting at 3:31 p.m.

______Bryan R. Morris, Presiding Officer Elevator Advisory Board