Section 203-A. Seats in certain passenger elevators or relief for the operator  


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  • Every passenger elevator operated and maintained  for  use  by
      the  public  shall  be equipped or furnished with a seat, collapsible or
      otherwise, for the use of the operator when the elevator  is  not  being
      operated,  provided  the  operator  thereof  is not allowed a continuous
      recess period of at least  fifteen  minutes  in  every  three  hours  in
      addition  to  and  apart  from  a  lunch  period  of at least forty-five
      minutes. Every passenger elevator  operated  in  a  building  owned  and
      maintained  by the state shall be equipped or furnished with such a seat
      for the use of the operator when the elevator  is  not  being  operated,
      notwithstanding  the  operator  is  allowed  the recess and lunch period
      herein specified.  The provisions of this section  shall  not  apply  to
      elevators  in  factory  buildings  or any other building having only one
      passenger elevator.