Bill Text: TX HB3257 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation and inspection of boilers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective immediately [HB3257 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3257-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation and inspection of boilers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective immediately [HB3257 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3257-Comm_Sub.html
By: Paddie (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) | H.B. No. 3257 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017; | ||
May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & | ||
Commerce; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the regulation and inspection of boilers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 755.001(17), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(17) "Portable [ |
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primarily intended for use at a temporary location. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 755.022(a), 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; | ||
(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; [ |
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(5) steam cookers; or | ||
(6) espresso machines. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 755.025(e), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) The commission by rule shall establish the subsequent | ||
intervals and manner of inspection for a [ |
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boiler [ |
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SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall | ||
adopt the rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2017. | ||
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