(430 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3202)
Sec. 2.
Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules.
(a) There is created within the Office of the State Fire Marshal a
Board of Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Rules, which shall hereafter be referred to as the
Board, consisting of 7 members who shall be appointed to the Board by
the Governor, one for a term of one year, 2 for a term of 2 years, 2 for
a term of 3 years, and 2 for a term of 4 years. At the expiration of
their respective terms of office, they, or their successors
identifiable with the same interests respectively as hereinafter
provided, shall be appointed for terms of 4 years each. The Governor
may at any time remove any member of the Board for inefficiency or
neglect of duty in office. Upon the death or incapacity of any member
the Governor shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the vacated
term with a representative of the same interests with which his
predecessor was identified.
Of these 7 appointed members, 2 shall be
representative of owners and users of boilers and pressure vessels
within the State, with one representing owners and users of high
pressure boilers and pressure vessels in utilities, manufacturing or
processing, who shall be registered in accordance with the
Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, and one representing
the owners and users
of low pressure boilers and pressure vessels in commercial buildings,
multiple housing or hotels. Of the remaining 5 appointed members, one
shall be representative of the boiler manufacturers within the State,
one shall be a representative of an insurance company licensed to
insure boilers and pressure vessels within the State,
one shall be a mechanical engineer
registered in accordance with the Professional Engineering
Practice Act of 1989, one shall be representative of the
boilermakers, and one shall be
representative of the practical steam operating engineers.
(b) The Board
shall annually elect one of its members to serve as
chairman. The chairman shall appoint a vice-chairman and secretary to
serve the same term as the chairman. At the call of
the chairman, the Board shall meet at least 4 times each year at the
State Capitol or other place designated by the Board.
(c) The members of the Board shall serve without salary, but shall
receive reimbursement for their actual traveling and hotel
expenses incurred while in the
performance of their duties as members of the Board in
accordance with the State of Illinois Travel Regulations.
(d) The Board shall formulate definitions, rules and regulations for
the safe and proper construction, installation, repair, maintenance,
alterations, inspections, use, and
operation of boilers and pressure vessels in this State. The
definitions, rules, and regulations so formulated shall be based upon,
and at all times follow, accepted engineering
standards, formulae, and practices pertaining to boiler
and pressure vessel construction and safety. The Board shall by
resolution adopt published codifications including, but not
limited to,
The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Inspectors Code, and the Maintenance, Inspection, Rating, Repair, and
Alteration of Pressure Vessels Standards of the American Petroleum
Institute with the amendments and
interpretations thereto
made and approved by those organizations, and may likewise adopt
the amendments and interpretations subsequently made and published by
the same organizations; and when so adopted those
Codes shall be deemed
incorporated into
the definitions, rules and regulations of the Board. Amendments to and
interpretations of the Codes so adopted shall be
adopted immediately upon
being promulgated, to the end that the definitions, rules and
regulations shall at all times follow
accepted
engineering standards.
(e) The Board shall promulgate rules and regulations for the safe
and proper repair, maintenance, alteration,
inspection, use, and operation of boilers and
pressure vessels which were in use or installed ready for use in this
State prior to the date upon which the first rules and regulations under
this Act pertaining to existing installations became effective, or
during the 12 month period immediately thereafter.
(f) The rules and regulations formulated by the Board shall have the
force and effect of law, except that the rules applying to the
construction of new boilers and pressure vessels shall not be construed
to prevent the installation thereof until 12 months after approval
of the rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure
Act.
Rules and regulations of
the Board shall become effective
as provided therein.
(g) The Board shall establish fees for examinations, commissions,
inspection certificates, inspections, annual statements, shop inspections, and
other services.
(Source: P.A. 88-608, eff. 1-1-95; 89-467, eff. 1-1-97.)
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