Bill Text: TX SB758 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inspection of certain boilers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB758 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB758-Introduced.html
| 86R7510 SRA-F | ||
| By: Huffman | S.B. No. 758 | |
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| relating to the inspection of certain boilers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 755.026, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) With the approval of the executive director 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 months. For 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; [ |
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| (2) 120 months for steam collection or liberation | ||
| drums of process steam generators manufactured before January 1, | ||
| 1970; or | ||
| (3) 144 months for steam collection or liberation | ||
| drums of process steam generators manufactured on or after January | ||
| 1, 1970. | ||
| (c-1) The executive director and the inspection agency on | ||
| request may grant an extension for a period not to exceed 24 months | ||
| in addition to the extension authorized under Subsection (a)(2). | ||
| The request must include a report issued by an engineer licensed by | ||
| the Texas Board of Professional Engineers stating the conditions | ||
| imposed under Subsection (b) are satisfied. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
