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Sponsor and State Parks Back Update to Ski-lift Inspection Language in HB 22-72
Summary
Sponsor says HB 22-72 modernizes equipment language to match federal rules for ski-lift inspections; State Parks testified it already inspects lifts and the bill updates an outdated equipment list to reflect current slope equipment.
Representative (identified in the hearing) introduced House Bill 22-72 as a short, technical fix to the state’s ski-lift inspection statute, saying the measure modernizes statutory language to reflect equipment actually in use and to align with federal regulations.
Brian Considine of State Parks testified the agency already has statutory authority to inspect ski-lift equipment and that a published list of equipment types is roughly a decade out of date. Considine said the bill would let inspectors “feel like they’re going out there and doing their job” by updating the list to reflect current on-slope equipment and to remove ambiguity in enforcement.
No members of the public sought to testify on HB 22-72 after the agency presentation, and the committee closed the hearing on the bill.
