S.B. 3126 Summary

• Adds two new definitions to boiler and elevator safety law: "exclusive employment" for qualified boiler inspectors working full-time or part-time for only one inspection agency or owner-user inspection organization, and "owner-user inspection organization" for owners or users of pressure retaining items whose inspection procedures meet National Board requirements and are approved by the director.

• Requires the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to appoint a Chief Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspector who serves as a department employee, National Board voting member, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers Conference Committee member.

• Authorizes the Director to allow qualified boiler inspectors in exclusive employment of owner-user inspection organizations to perform safety inspections of pressure retaining items, in addition to special inspectors from insurance companies.

• Extends the timeline for the Director to reimburse the general fund for initial appropriations made to the Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund from ten years to thirteen years from the fund's establishment date.

• Takes effect upon approval.