Bill Text: TX HB2228 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2228 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2228 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
