IN HB1258

Legislative Description

Department of homeland security. Provides that the fire prevention and building safety commission will adopt rules for regulated boiler and pressure vessels. (Current law provides that the boiler and pressure vessel rules board adopts rules for regulated boiler and pressure vessels.) Provides that the division may conduct a program of inspections of regulated boilers and pressure vessels. (Current law provides that the division shall conduct a program of periodic inspections of regulated boiler and pressure vessels.) Provides that the division shall: (1) issue a regulated boiler and pressure vessel operating permit to certain applicants; (2) perform operating permit inspections of a boiler or pressure vessel owned by the state; (3) conduct a program to audit boiler and pressure vessel inspectors; and (4) conduct a program to audit inspections completed by a boiler and pressure vessel inspector. Provides requirements for qualifying or renewing an operating permit. Removes requirements for inspections. Provides the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission) with emergency rulemaking authority to adopt rules concerning the division's inspection program. Removes provisions in the Indiana Code concerning inspection agencies. Provides that the commission may sanction a boiler and pressure vessel inspector in certain instances. Removes provisions in the Indiana Code concerning owner or user inspection agencies. Allows members of police and fire departments to reside within a county that is noncontiguous to the county where the police or fire department is located but is not more than 50 miles from the closest boundary of the city, town, or township where the police or fire department is located. Includes an emergency management worker and a division fire investigator in the definition of "public safety officer" to qualify the person for the special death benefit for a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty.

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