OFFICE OF THE AIT’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
tionorablsZoixiD. :ied, Corralssioner
bureau of Labor 6tatistlos
&ilstin,Texas
3rar Sir8
Your latter of Uroh weed to thin
oftioe, reada as r0llows:
Wu3sr our Texw .9of
Bill 352 - &5th L
893), 60 amended
turd (Aots 1939
aa used in the
g0neratd.n~rate
a 1.0~e pereon would
would be a rsaoel ln
6,~wmnot be wed, by hot oil
300 and 1400 0.agreeefahreri&elt.
50 ths water pansea,through 8
a heated by a& in oentaat
with tubas aining hot fluids, gume or air.
“questioxinow pending before this Depsrtnkent
ia
whether or not s&oh ateam gmeratln~ plants bra sub-
jaot to inspeotion and approval by thfs Departnmnt
under the provisionsof our Texas Doiler L~w.~
gonorable John D. Bead, Cosunie8ioner - Page 2
da noted in your letter, Artiale 522b, whiah OM-
talnllnumerouB Ieotionn, definer the tar& mboilara as rouor0:
"'3oiler*as ueed heroin shall mean any verse1
u8ed for generating etaam for power or heating pur-
poPea.-
Beetion 2, among other ttinge provideat
qploateam boiler, unlaa8 otharwlse speoiri0aU.y
emmgted in this Aot, ahall be jparated rithia the
State of Texas unlase suoh boiler k+p~~b~q ngirtored
with the Bureau of Labor stabfrtius-andthora a&all
hare bean iaaued a Osrtflioata OS Operation Sor rlroh
boiler, as harelnaftarprovided for, . . . lm
Seotlon 3 reada am followrr
wuuaption8 iron eot
“Seotfon 3. The followliigbollesa am exempt
from the prorlaionm or thlllAct:
*l(l) Boilers under Psderel oontrol end sta-
tionary bollare at round houaea, pumping etationr
an& (Iapotrof railway mnpmlar under tha auprrrl-
aion or inapaotion of the SuperLntaMbmt of Retire
Power or ruoh reilwag aompanies;
"T(2) Boilers on whfoh the prssrore does not
OX0806 ilfteen (15) pOUnda par rpuare Inch)
"'(3) Automobile boilers and bollers on road
motor vahiolaai
"'(4) Boilsrs used exaluaivsly for a~rlcultural
plWp0tlCM;
"'(5) Boil,erofor heeting in buildings ooouplsd
@olaly for residence purposes with aoaommdationr
not to exosed four (4) familiar{
4 W*(6) Bolls~a uaad for oatton gina.**
sonorable John D. lieed,Cosml44fon4r - Page 3
Those boilera daaoribsd_inthe foregoing seotion
are tImme rererrml to Ln S40tion
2 a8 *otherwireapeoifioally
exempted in thlr Aot.” It ~111 be noted that none of theas
uoeptiona are based on any partloular method or mean8 by
whioh ateam la generated, but upon use, Federal Control,
preaaure, and aupervislonor inapeatlon.
Seotlon 4 reads in part as followa~
33eotion 4~. The Commissionerehall oauaa to be
inapaoted Internally and externallynot lea8 frequently
than onoe saoh twelve (12) nontha eaoh stationaryateam
boiler aubfact to the provioiom OS this Aot. Eati
portable atum boiler rubJo& to tha prorielona of
this Aat ahall be inapooted axternallg eaoh tim it
Ia tired to a new looation, provided that an interam
inapeotion ahall be made of each 9uoh boiler at leart
onoo eeoh twelve (12) laonths. Xi auoh boilcm reformb
to herein are found, u&Mmlnapsetlon, to be in a aaia
oondition for operation, 4 Certliloateof Opratlcui
shall be iaaued by the GOmaiaaionarfor its operation
for a period not longor than one year from date of
auoh iua~eetion. . . . .I
Said aeotion prOvidea the prooedum to ba tolDme
whexe an inag@ot4d boiler i4 Sound %O be in an uim& or
daageroue oon&itlm,* and for withholdiq of a Certlileate of
Operation by the G~mmi88lontir.
It La apparent that the purpose of this Lagfalation
is to psoteot life and property frownaxplo8io11aor ateas boilera.
You are adrisrd it is our opinion that tha al.888 of
boiler6 deaoribed tn your~letter PI~O 8ubjeot t0 YOUF in$psction,
unlaaa~ex~pted therefrm by one or sore of the apaoifioally
naned exoeptfona enumerated in Ssotion 3.
Yours very truly
Dsticjw. Beath
basiatal;t
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