NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 788

HOUSE BILL 878

 

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE REPRESENTATION ON THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSELS RULES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 95-69.13(a), as the same appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"§ 95-69.13.  Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessels Rules created; appointment, terms, compensation and duties. — (a) There is hereby created the North Carolina Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessels Rules consisting of nine members appointed by the commissioner, of which three shall be appointed for a term of one year, three for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years. At the expiration of their respective terms of office, their successors shall be appointed for terms of five years each. Of these nine appointed members, one shall be a representative of the owners and users of steam boilers within this State, one a representative of boiler manufacturers within this State, one a representative of boilermakers within this State who has had not less than five years' practical experience as a boilermaker, one shall be a representative of the owners or users of pressure vessels within the State, one shall be a representative of the pressure vessel manufacturers within the State, one a representative of a boiler inspection and insurance company authorized to insure boilers and pressure vessels within the State, one a representative of the operating steam engineers in this State, one a contractor holding a Group 1 North Carolina Heating License, and one a mechanical engineer on the faculty of a recognized engineering college or a licensed professional engineer having boiler and pressure vessel experience. The Commissioner of Labor shall annually designate one member to serve as chairman."

Sec. 2.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to obligate the General Assembly to appropriate additional funds to the Department of Labor to implement the provisions of this act.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of June, 1977.