Bill Text: TX HB2228 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the inspection of certain boilers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2228 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2228-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the inspection of certain boilers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2228 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2228-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Geren | H.B. No. 2228 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2228: | |||
By: King of Uvalde | C.S.H.B. No. 2228 |
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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 certifying: | ||
(1) completion in accordance with industry standards | ||
of a quantitative engineering assessment for in-service equipment, | ||
repairs, and alterations prescribed by the National Board | ||
Inspection Code NB23; and | ||
(2) based on the assessment, the steam collection or | ||
liberation drums of the process steam generator are safe to | ||
operate. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |