Texas Health And Safety Code Title 9, Chapter 755 - Boilers

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF BOILER RULES

• Texas Section 755.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Alteration" means a substantial change in an original design. (2) "Board" means the board of boiler rules. (3) "Boiler" means: (A)...
• Texas Section 755.011 - Composition Of Board
  (a) The Board of Boiler Rules is in the department. (b) The board is composed of the following 11 members appointed by the presiding officer...
• Texas Section 755.012 - Terms
  Board members serve for staggered six-year terms, with the terms of three members expiring January 31 of each odd-numbered year. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 755.013 - Presiding Officer
  The chief inspector serves as presiding officer of the board. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts...
• Texas Section 755.014 - Removal Of Board Members; Vacancy
  (a) The commission may remove a board member for inefficiency or neglect of official duty. (b) A board member's office becomes vacant on the resignation,...
• Texas Section 755.015 - Compensation
  A board member may not receive a salary but is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in performing board duties. Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,...
• Texas Section 755.016 - Meetings
  The board shall meet at least twice each year at the call of the presiding officer at a place designated by the board. Acts 1989,...
• Texas Section 755.017 - Powers And Duties
  The board shall advise the commission in the adoption of definitions and rules relating to the safe construction, installation, inspection, operating limits, alteration, and repair...

SUBCHAPTER C BOILER REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION

• Texas Section 755.018 - Majority Vote Required
  A board decision is not effective unless supported by the vote of at least five board members. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 755.021 - Registration And Certificate
  Except as provided by Section 755.022, each boiler operated in this state must: (1) be registered with the department; and (2) have qualified for a...
• Texas Section 755.022 - Exemptions For Certain Boilers
  (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...
• Texas Section 755.023 - Appointment Of Inspectors And Other Personnel
  (a) The executive director shall appoint a chief inspector of boilers to administer the boiler program. The chief inspector must: (1) be a resident of...
• Texas Section 755.024 - Authorized Inspectors; Examinations
  (a) To be an authorized inspector, a person must obtain a commission as a boiler inspector from the executive director and must be continuously employed...
• Texas Section 755.025 - Inspection
  (a) The executive director shall require each boiler to be inspected internally and externally at the time of initial installation and at subsequent intervals as...
• Texas Section 755.026 - Extensions
  (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...
• Texas Section 755.027 - Reports By Inspection Agency; Joint Inspections
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which a certificate inspection is performed by an authorized inspector, the inspection agency employing...
• Texas Section 755.028 - Special Inspections
  The executive director may provide a special inspection service to the owners, operators, and manufacturers of boilers. The service may include surveys required for certification...
• Texas Section 755.029 - Certificate Of Operation
  (a) The executive director shall issue to the owner or operator of a boiler a certificate of operation for the boiler if after a certificate...
• Texas Section 755.030 - Fees
  (a) In addition to the fees described by Section 51.202, Occupations Code, the commission may authorize the collection of fees for: (1) boiler inspections, including...
• Texas Section 755.032 - Rules
  (a) The commission may adopt and enforce rules, in accordance with standard boiler usage, for the construction, inspection, installation, use, maintenance, repair, alteration, and operation...

SUBCHAPTER D ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

• Texas Section 755.033 - Interagency Inspection Agreements
  (a) The executive director shall enter into interagency agreements with the Department of State Health Services, the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, and the Texas...
• Texas Section 755.041 - Regulation Of Unsafe Boilers
  (a) If an inspection shows that a boiler is unsafe, the chief inspector or any deputy inspector shall issue a written preliminary order requiring repairs...
• Texas Section 755.042 - Prosecution; Injunction
  (a) A prosecution may not be maintained if the issuance or renewal of a certificate of operation has been requested for a boiler but has...
• Texas Section 755.043 - General Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person, firm, or corporation commits an offense if: (1) the person, firm, or corporation owns a boiler in this state, has the custody,...
• Texas Section 755.045 - Notice Of Rule Or Order Required Before Prosecution
  A criminal action may not be maintained against any person relating to the violation of a rule adopted or an order issued under this chapter...
• Texas Section 755.046 - Affidavit Of Orders
  An affidavit is admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal action involving an order adopted by the commission or the executive director and the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016