2004 Minnesota Statutes

     183.57 Report of insurer; exemption from inspection. 

    Subdivision 1.    Report required.  Any insurance 
 company insuring boilers and pressure vessels in this state 
 shall make a written report thereof showing the date of 
 inspection, the name of the person making the inspection, the 
 condition of the boiler or pressure vessel as disclosed by the 
 inspection, whether the same is operated by a properly licensed 
 engineer, and whether a policy of insurance has been issued by 
 the company with reference to the boiler or pressure vessel.  
 Within 15 days after the inspection, the insurance company shall 
 mail a copy of the report to the chief boiler inspector and a 
 copy of the report to the person, firm, or corporation owning or 
 operating the boiler or pressure vessel inspected.  Such report 
 shall be made annually for boilers and biennially for pressure 
 vessels. 

    Subd. 2.    Exemption.  Every boiler or pressure vessel 
 as to which any insurance company authorized to do business in 
 this state has issued a policy of insurance, after the 
 inspection thereof, is exempt from inspection made under 
 sections 183.375 to 183.62, while the same continues to be 
 insured and the person, firm, or corporation owning or operating 
 the same has an unexpired certificate of exemption from 
 inspection, issued by the chief boiler inspector.  The fee set 
 by the commissioner pursuant to section 16A.1285, on the first 
 object inspected and on each object thereafter shall apply to 
 each exempt object.  A certificate of exemption expires one year 
 from date of issue.  The certificate of exemption shall be 
 posted in a conspicuous place near the boiler or pressure vessel 
 or in the plant office or boiler room described therein and to 
 which it relates.  Every insurance company shall give written 
 notice to the chief boiler inspector of the cancellation or 
 expiration of every policy of insurance issued by it with 
 reference to policies in this state, and the cause or reason for 
 the cancellation or expiration.  These notices of cancellation 
 or expiration shall show the date of the policy and the date 
 when the cancellation has or will become effective. 

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1957 c 503 s 24 

    Subd. 4.    Certificate of exemption.  The Division of 
 Boiler Inspection may issue a billing and exemption certificate 
 for each boiler and pressure vessel which the division records 
 indicate shall be or has been inspected by an insurance company 
 which is providing coverage for the boilers and pressure 
 vessels.  The division may determine the monthly schedule of the 
 billings to be followed for each business insured.  

    HIST: (5493) 1919 c 240 s 8; 1957 c 503 s 18; 1959 c 148 s 1; 
 1969 c 1148 s 33; 1974 c 427 s 3; 1978 c 485 s 5; 1Sp1981 c 4 
 art 1 s 93; 1982 c 379 s 21,22; 1983 c 301 s 158; 1997 c 7 art 1 
 s 88