S.B. No. 416




AN ACT

relating to the regulation of boilers.                                        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 755.011, Health and 
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The board is composed of the following nine members 
appointed by the commissioner:
		(1)  three members representing persons who own or use 
boilers in this state;
		(2)  three members representing companies that insure 
boilers in this state;
		(3)  one member representing boiler manufacturers or 
installers;            
		(4)  one member representing organizations that repair 
or alter boilers [who is a mechanical engineer and a member of the 
faculty of a recognized college of engineering] in this state; and
		(5)  one member representing a labor union.                                   
	SECTION 2.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 755.026, Health 
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  With the approval of the commissioner and the inspection 
agency that has jurisdiction for the power boiler, the interval 
between internal inspections may be extended to a period not 
exceeding a total of 60 [48] months.  For [other] unfired steam 
boilers or steam collection or liberation drums of process steam 
generators, the inspection interval may be extended to the next 
scheduled downtime of the boiler, but not exceeding a total of:
		(1)  84 months for unfired steam boilers; or                    
		(2)  120 months for steam collection or liberation 
drums of process steam generators.
	(c)  In addition to an extension authorized under Subsection 
(a), the [The] commissioner and the inspection agency may grant an 
emergency [additional] extension for a period not exceeding 120 
days to the inspection interval covered by the boiler's certificate 
of operation on receipt of a request for extension stating that an 
emergency exists.  Before the extension may be granted, the 
inspection agency must make an external inspection of the boiler, 
and the conditions imposed under Subsection (b) must be met.  The 
commissioner and the inspection agency may not grant more than one 
emergency extension under this subsection in an interval between 
internal inspections.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 416 passed the Senate on 
March 13, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 416 passed the House on 
April 24, 2003, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor