By: Harris S.B. No. 416
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.