NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 490

HOUSE BILL 565

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 7 OF CHAPTER 95 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO BOILER CERTIFICATE AND INSPECTION FEES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 95-64 is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures "one dollar ($1.00)" in the tenth line and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "two dollars ($2.00)".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 95-64.1 is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures "one dollar ($1.00)" in the third line of paragraph (4) of subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "two dollars ($2.00)".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 95-68 is hereby amended by rewriting all of said Section to read as follows:

"G.S. 95-68.  Fees for Internal and External Inspection. The person using, operating or causing to be operated any boiler listed in this Section, required by this Article to be inspected by the chief boiler inspector or a deputy inspector, shall pay to the inspector, for the inspection of any such boiler, fees in accordance with the following schedule:

Miniature boilers, which do not exceed 16 inches inside diameter of shell, 100 pounds per square inch maximum allowable working pressure:

General inspection................................................................................................... $ 6.00

Fire tube boilers with hand holes only:

Internal inspection....................................................................................................... 7.00

External inspection while under pressure...................................................................... 5.00

Fire tube boilers with manholes:

Internal inspection..................................................................................................... 15.00

External inspection while under pressure...................................................................... 5.00

Water tube boilers (coil type):

General inspection...................................................................................................... 7.00

Water tube boilers with not more than 500 square feet of heating surface:

Internal inspection....................................................................................................... 7.00

External inspection while under pressure...................................................................... 5.00

Water tube boilers with more than 500 but not more than 3000

square feet of heating surface:

Internal inspection..................................................................................................... 15.00

External inspection while under pressure...................................................................... 5.00

Water tube boilers with more than 3000 square feet of heating surface:

Internal inspection..................................................................................................... 25.00

External inspection while under pressure...................................................................... 8.00

Provided, that two dollars ($2.00) of each internal inspection fee shall be the fee for the certificate of inspection required by G.S. 95-64. The inspector shall give receipts for said fees and shall pay all sums so received to the Commissioner of Labor, who shall pay the same to the Treasurer of the State. The Treasurer of the State shall hold the fees collected under this Section and under G.S. 95-64 in a special account to pay the salaries and expenses incident to the administration of this Article, the surplus, with the approval of the Director of the Budget, to be added to the appropriation of the Division of Standards and Inspections of the Department of Labor for its general inspection service."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 95-68.1 is hereby amended by rewriting all of said Section to read as follows:

"G.S. 95-68.1.  Other Inspection Fees. The person using, operating or causing to be operated any low pressure steam heating boiler, hot water heating boiler, hot water supply boiler, or hot water supply tank, fired or unfired, required by this Article to be inspected by the chief boiler inspector or a deputy inspector, shall pay to the inspector for the biennial inspection of any such boiler or tank fees in accordance with the following schedule: Provided that two dollars ($2.00) of each inspection fee shall be the fee for the certificate of inspection required by G.S. 95-64.1:

Low pressure steam and hot water boilers, equipped only with

hand holes and washout plugs.................................................................................. $ 6.00

Low pressure steam and hot water boilers, equipped with manhole............................ 15.00

Hot water supply boilers............................................................................................. 4.00

Tanks that are not equipped with manhole................................................................... 4.00

Tanks equipped with manhole................................................................................... 8.00".

Sec. 5.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6.  This Act shall become effective July 1, 1967.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of May, 1967.