GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 629

SENATE BILL 750

 

AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PRESSURE VESSELS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNIFORM BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 95-69.10 is amended by adding a new subsection (e) to read as follows:

"(e)      The construction requirements established by the Department of Labor shall not apply to pressure vessels installed in this State prior to December 31, 1984, that:

(1)       Are manufactured from gray iron casting material, as specified by the American Society for Testing and Materials, (ASTM) 48-60T/30;

(2)       Are constructed before December 31, 1967, and operating or could be operated, under the laws of any state or Canadian Province that has adopted one or more sections of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code;

(3)       Are transferred into this State without a change of ownership; and

(4)       Are determined by the Director to be constructed under standards substantially equivalent to those established by the department at the time of transfer; provided that they are equipped with ASME Code and National Board certified safety relief valves."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of July, 1985.