HB 661 -- Labor and Industrial Relations Sponsor: Wagner This bill makes technical changes to certain statutes and deletes obsolete statutes pertaining to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. In its main provisions, the bill: (1) Removes the obsolete reference to "Director of the Inspection Section," and replaces the reference with the "Director of the Division of Labor Standards" or the "Director of the Division of Labor Standards and the director's delegates"; (2) Deletes Sections 291.020 through 291.050, RSMo, pertaining to the Section of Industrial Inspection; (3) Removes obsolete language pertaining to deputizing a county superintendent of public welfare and assistants by the Director of the Inspection Section. These officers are now deputized by the Director of the Division of Labor Standards and have the same powers and authority as division inspectors; (4) Revises language pertaining to the approval of adopted or revised rules and regulations as contained in Section 291.065; (5) Revises Section 291.130, which requires owners, managers, or other persons to pay the Director of Revenue a fee for each inspection made in accordance with Chapter 292; (6) Clarifies language requiring the director to investigate all accidents which are serious enough to require physical rehabilitation under the provisions of the State Board of Rehabilitation Center as contained in Chapter 172 and 199; (7) Deletes Section 292.010 pertaining to the notification requirement for occupancy of a foundry; (8) Deletes Sections 292.030 through 292.060; Sections 292.080, 292.090, 292.110, and 292.120; Sections 292.140 through 292.170 and Section 292.190, pertaining to the Health and Safety of Employees in Establishments. Language contained in Section 292.070, pertaining to the opening of main doors in an establishment is revised; (9) Clarifies that all fines collected for a violation of Sections 292.010 to 292.250, pertaining to the Health and Safety of Employees in Establishments, are paid into the County School Fund as contained in Section 166.131; (10) Deletes Sections 292.260 and 292.070, pertaining to the Health and Safety of Foundry Employees and requires the director to enforce the provisions of Chapter 292; (11) Deletes Sections 292.360 through 292.400 and Section 292.420, pertaining to the Prevention of Occupational Diseases and requires the director and delegates of the director to enforce the remaining provisions; (12) Deletes Sections 292.450 through 292.510, pertaining to the Safety of Construction Workers in Certain Cities and requires the chief executives of political subdivisions and the director to enforce the remaining provisions; and (13) Requires the Division of Fire Safety and the State Fire Marshal to be responsible for ensuring that all establishments have one outside iron fire escape if the structure is 2 or more stories high with 20 or more employees who work above the first floor. For every 20 employees who work above the second floor, one fire escape is required. An ample means to extinguish a fire is also required on each floor. The fire escape requirement for establishments currently exists in Section 292.060, a provision pertaining to the Health and Safety of Employees in Establishments.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives