2009 Minnesota Statutes

326B.958 INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION.

Subdivision 1.Inspection.

Every owner, lessee, or other person having charge of boilers or pressure vessels subject to inspection under sections 326B.956 to 326B.998 shall cause them to be inspected by the department. Except as provided in sections 326B.956 and 326B.96, boilers subject to inspection under sections 326B.956 to 326B.998 must be inspected at least annually and pressure vessels inspected at least every two years. The commissioner shall assess a $250 penalty per applicable boiler or pressure vessel for failure to have the inspection required by this section and may seal the boiler or pressure vessel for refusal to allow an inspection as required by this section.

Subd. 2.Registration.

Every owner, lessee, or other person having charge of boilers or pressure vessels subject to inspection under sections 326B.952 to 326B.998, except hobby boilers under section 326B.956, shall register said objects with the department. The registration shall be renewed annually and is applicable to each object separately. The fee for registration of a boiler or pressure vessel shall be pursuant to section 326B.986, subdivision 9. The department may issue a billing statement for each boiler and pressure vessel on record with the division, and may determine a monthly schedule of billings to be followed for owners, lessees, or other persons having charge of a boiler or pressure vessel subject to inspection under sections 326B.952 to 326B.998.

Subd. 3.Certificate of registration.

The department shall issue a certificate of registration that lists the registered boilers and pressure vessels at the location, expiration date of the certificate of registration, last inspection date of each registered boiler and pressure vessel, and maximum allowable working pressure for each registered boiler and pressure vessel. The commissioner may make an electronic certificate of registration available to be printed by the owner, lessee, or other person having charge of the registered boiler or pressure vessel.

History:

(5478) RL s 2172; 1957 c 503 s 6; 1982 c 379 s 5; 1987 c 70 s 4; 1989 c 71 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 45; 2007 c 140 art 9 s 4,27; art 13 s 4