Bill Text: TX SB506 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from registration and regulation requirements for steam cookers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-18 - Effective immediately [SB506 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB506-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 506 | ||
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| relating to an exemption from registration and regulation | ||
| requirements for steam cookers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 755.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subdivision (23-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (23-a) "Steam cooker" means a steam heating boiler | ||
| that is: | ||
| (A) designed to steam cook food; | ||
| (B) operated at a pressure not exceeding five | ||
| pounds per square inch; and | ||
| (C) equipped with a safety appliance operated at | ||
| a pressure not exceeding five pounds per square inch. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 755.022, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) This chapter does not apply to: | ||
| (1) boilers owned or operated by the federal | ||
| government; | ||
| (2) pressure vessels or process steam generators, | ||
| other than steam collection or liberation drums of process steam | ||
| generators; | ||
| (3) manually fired miniature boilers that: | ||
| (A) are constructed or maintained for | ||
| locomotives, boats, tractors, or stationary engines only as a hobby | ||
| for exhibition, recreation, education, or historical purposes and | ||
| not for commercial use; | ||
| (B) have an inside diameter of 12 inches or less | ||
| or a grate area of two square feet or less; and | ||
| (C) are equipped with a safety valve of adequate | ||
| size, a water level indicator, and a pressure gauge; [ |
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| (4) boilers that are designed for operation only at | ||
| atmospheric pressure and that are equipped with two independent | ||
| means to prevent the buildup of pressure; or | ||
| (5) steam cookers. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 506 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 506 passed the House on | ||
| May 2, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
