Ch. 232

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 232
(House Bill 719)

AN ACT concerning

Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act - Fees, Penalties,
and Administrative Review

FOR the purpose of revising the fee structure for certain
inspections, reports, and certificates relating to boilers
and pressure vessels; providing civil monetary penalties and
administrative review for violations of this Act or a
regulation or order issued under the Act; authorizing the
Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish a review
procedure through regulation; providing an effective date
for this Act; and generally relating to fees and penalties
under the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 48 - Inspections

Section 177 and 178

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 48 - Inspections

Section 178A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 48 - Inspections

(a) Each company employing such special inspectors except a
company operating pressure vessels covered by owner or user
inspection service meeting the requirements of this subtitle
shall, within thirty (30) days following each certificate
inspection made by such inspectors, file a report of such
inspection with the chief boiler inspector upon appropriate forms
as promulgated by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Inspectors. The filing of reports of external inspections
shall not be required except when such inspections disclose that
the boiler is in a dangerous condition.

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