{"id":133,"date":"2021-09-17T14:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2023-05-30T21:13:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T21:13:58","slug":"amusement-ride-regulations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/risk-management\/general-information-definitions-and-system-policies\/amusement-ride-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Amusement Ride Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"133\" class=\"elementor elementor-133\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75f0f81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75f0f81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">TDI Amusement Ride Operations Requirements<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3ade83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3ade83\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55e6d16\" data-id=\"55e6d16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e51735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e51735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #000000;\">When considering the use of amusement type rides for any activity (bounce houses are considered amusement rides) System Risk Management would refer you to the Texas Department of Insurance website regarding amusement ride regulations.\u00a0 This site provides a wealth of information regarding inspections and certifications by vendors of their respective amusement rides.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #000000;\">Link to the TDI Amusement Ride<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdi.texas.gov\/rules\/2007\/0215-059.html#:~:text=%C2%A75.9004.%20Amusement%20Ride,standards%20for%20coverage.\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SUBCHAPTER J. RULES TO IMPLEMENT THE AMUSEMENT RIDE SAFETY INSPECTION AND INSURANCE ACT<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #000000;\">The list is updated weekly and shows the vendor and the inspection expiration date.\u00a0 If a vendor is listed on the TDI website, then that vendor is in compliance with the regulations promulgated by TDI, including the inspection requirement and the requirement to carry liability insurance in the amounts specified in Chapter 2151 of the Texas Occupations Code.\u00a0 According to TDI, there is NO exemption or exception from complying with these regulations for governmental entities (i.e., cities, counties, etc.), even if the entity is only donating the ride for use by the public.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #000000;\">In order for the university to use inflatable bounce houses or other inflatable \u201crides\u201d within the meaning of the statute, the university should:<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Arial; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ol><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Arial; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Check the TDI website to confirm that the vendor providing the ride is approved by TDI and in compliance with the inspection and insurance requirements<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #000000;\">Confirm that the inspection sticker number and serial number of the ride listed on the website match the actual ride that is delivered by the vendor for use by the university.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 2.34; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #000000;\">NOTE:\u00a0 HB 3570 passed in the 2011(R) legislative session reduced the liability coverage required for Class B rides from $1.5MM to $1MM.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amusement Ride Regulations Vendor List TDI Amusement Ride Operations Requirements When considering the use of amusement type rides for any activity (bounce houses are considered amusement rides) System Risk Management would refer you to the Texas Department of Insurance website regarding amusement ride regulations.\u00a0 This site provides a wealth of information regarding inspections and certifications&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1790,"featured_media":0,"parent":121,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"hide","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"unboxed","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"hide","_kad_post_feature":"hide","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"smcdermott","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/author\/smcdermott\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1790"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}