Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 402-H.F.No. 2679 
                  An act relating to boilers and engines; modifying 
                  provisions relating to hobby boilers and show engines; 
                  amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 183.411, 
                  subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1992, 
                  section 183.411, subdivision 1a. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 183.411, 
        subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 2.  [INSPECTION.] When used only for display and 
        demonstration purposes, steam farm traction engines, portable 
        and stationary show engines and portable and stationary show 
        boilers shall be inspected every two years according to law. 
           (a) Boilers or show engines of lap seam construction not 
        certified in Minnesota or previously certified in Minnesota but 
        that have been repaired or altered after certification, may be 
        certified in Minnesota if:  
           (1) all alterations have been done in accordance with 
        American National Standard ANSI/NB23 R-404 or R-505; or 
           (2) form R-1, report of alteration, has been prepared by a 
        registered professional engineer with verification by the 
        authorized inspection agency responsible for the in-service 
        inspection of the object in accordance with American National 
        Standard ANSI/NB23 R-502; or 
           (3) the engine has received a certificate allowing 
        operation, or repairs have been authorized under American 
        National Standard ANSI/NB23 R-404.1, R-404.2, or R-404.3 in 
        Minnesota or another jurisdiction that accepts the provisions of 
        American National Standard ANSI/NB23 and an inspection has been 
        completed by an inspector certified in Minnesota according to 
        the standards set in paragraph (b). 
           (b) A hobby boiler or show engine, not certified in 
        Minnesota or any other jurisdiction must successfully complete, 
        at the owner's expense, inspection by:  
           (1) full radiographic examination of the long or 
        longitudinal seam or ultrasonic examination or dye-penetrant 
        examination or none of the above, at the discretion of the 
        boiler inspector, of the long or longitudinal seam of lap-seam 
        construction; and 
           (2) ultrasonic examination for metal thickness (for 
        purposes of calculating the maximum allowable working pressure 
        the thinnest reading shall be used - see also American National 
        Standard ANSI/NB23 I-303.8 and a safety factor of six shall be 
        used in calculating maximum allowable working pressure on all 
        non-ASME-code hobby and show boilers); and 
           (3) magnetic particle or radiographic examination of areas 
        where dye penetrant testing shows possible cracks; and 
           (4) hydrostatic testing at 1-1/2 maximum allowable working 
        pressure.  
           (c) Further each such object shall successfully complete an 
        inspection of:  
           (1) the fusible plug; 
           (2) the safety valve, which must be of American Society of 
        Mechanical Engineer's approved design and set at the maximum 
        allowable working pressure and sealed in an appropriate manner 
        not allowing tampering with the valve setting without destroying 
        the seal; and 
           (3) the boiler power piping.  
           Any longitudinal cracks found in riveted longitudinal seams 
        requires that the vessel be sealed and not approved for use in 
        Minnesota.  If the boiler or show engine is jacketed, the jacket 
        must be removed prior to inspection. 
           Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.] 
           Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 183.411, subdivision 1a, 
        is repealed. 
           Presented to the governor April 8, 1994 
           Signed by the governor April 11, 1994, 2:28 p.m.