1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the interval between internal inspections of certain

 1-3     boilers.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 755.026, Health and Safety Code, is

 1-6     amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to

 1-7     read as follows:

 1-8           (a)  With the approval of the commissioner and the inspection

 1-9     agency that has jurisdiction for the power [that] boiler, the

1-10     interval between internal inspections [of a boiler] may be extended

1-11     to a period not exceeding a total of 48 [24] months [for power

1-12     boilers].  For other unfired steam boilers, the inspection interval

1-13     may be extended to the next scheduled downtime of the [that]

1-14     boiler, but not exceeding a total of 84 [60] months.

1-15           (e)  If the interval between internal inspections of a gas

1-16     fired boiler is extended under Subsection (a), the commissioner and

1-17     inspection agency shall require that an inspection of the gas

1-18     regulator or pressure reducing valve that services the boiler be

1-19     performed as part of the next regularly scheduled external

1-20     certificate inspection of the boiler to verify proper venting of

1-21     gas to a safe point of discharge.

1-22           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-23           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-24     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-1     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-2     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-3     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 1836 was passed by the House on April

         16, 1997, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in

         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1836 on May 13, 1997, and requested

         the appointment of a conference committee to consider the

         differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the

         conference committee report on H.B. No. 1836 on May 24, 1997, by a

         non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 1836 was passed by the Senate, with

         amendments, on May 8, 1997, by a viva-voce vote; at the request of

         the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider

         the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted

         the conference committee report on H.B. No. 1836 on May 22, 1997,

         by a viva-voce vote.

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                                                 Secretary of the Senate

         APPROVED:  _____________________

                            Date

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                          Governor