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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3814
Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Jay Hoffman
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 75/10	  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3211
Amends the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act. Provides that the standards of inspection and repair of pressure vessels in service by an owner-user shall, at the option of the owner-user, be either (1) the applicable rules and regulations in the National Board Inspection Code or (2) the applicable provisions of the American Petroleum Institute API-510, "API Recommended Practice for Inspection, Repair, and Rating of Pressure Vessels in Petroleum Refining Service". Prohibits the period of time between inspections from being longer than 5 years.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act is
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
6    (430 ILCS 75/10)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3211)
7    Sec. 10. Inspection of boilers and pressure vessels.
8    (a) Each boiler or pressure vessel used or proposed to be
9used within this State, except boilers or pressure vessels
10exempt under this Act or rules and regulations of the Board,
11shall be thoroughly inspected as to its construction,
12installation, condition, and operation as follows:
13        (1) Power boilers shall be inspected annually both
14    internally and externally while not under pressure and
15    shall also be inspected annually externally while under
16    pressure if possible; provided that any power boiler or
17    steam generator, the operation of which is an integral
18    part of or a necessary adjunct to other continuous
19    processing operations, shall be inspected internally at
20    such intervals as are permitted by the shutting down of
21    the processing operations. The Board may provide by rules
22    and regulations for extension of time within which power
23    boilers are required to be inspected based upon type,
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1    function, or manner of operation. However, the standards 
2    of inspection and repair of pressure vessels in service by 
3    an owner-user authorized under Section 15 shall, at the 
4    option of the owner-user, be either (1) the applicable 
5    rules and regulations in the National Board Inspection 
6    Code or (2) the applicable provisions of the American 
7    Petroleum Institute API-510, "API Recommended Practice for 
8    Inspection, Repair, and Rating of Pressure Vessels in 
9    Petroleum Refining Service". In no event should the period 
10    of time between inspections covered by this Section be 
11    longer than 5 years.
12        (2) Low pressure steam, hot water heating, and hot
13    water supply boilers shall be inspected biennially as
14    required by the rules and regulations of the Board.
15        (3) Traction steam engine boilers and other boilers
16    constructed before the effective date of this amendatory
17    Act of 1992 and operated solely for exhibition purposes
18    may be issued an inspection certificate by the Chief or
19    Deputy Inspector, provided the owner can establish and
20    document that the design, materials, fabrication,
21    examination, testing, and operation are in accordance with
22    the rules and regulations of the Board. Traction engine
23    boilers and other boilers used solely for exhibition
24    purposes shall be inspected every 2 years.
25        (4) Pressure vessels subject to internal corrosion
26    shall receive a certificate inspection every 3 years as
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1    required by rules and regulations of the Board. However,
2    the standards of inspection and repair of pressure vessels
3    in service by an owner-user authorized under Section 15
4    shall, at the option of the owner-user, be either (1) the
5    applicable rules and regulations in the National Board
6    Inspection Code, or (2) the applicable section in the
7    American Petroleum Institute API-510, "API Recommended
8    Practice for Inspection, Repair, and Rating of Pressure
9    Vessels in Petroleum Refining Service".
10        (5) Pressure vessels not subject to internal corrosion
11    shall receive certificate inspection at intervals set by
12    the Board, but internal inspection shall not be required
13    of pressure vessels containing materials that are known to
14    be noncorrosive to the material of which the shell, heads,
15    or fittings are constructed, either from the chemical
16    composition of the materials or from evidence that the
17    materials are adequately treated with a corrosion
18    inhibitor, provided that the vessels are constructed in
19    accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board.
20    A grace period of 2 months beyond the period specified in
21this Section may elapse between internal inspections of a
22boiler while it is not under pressure and between external
23inspections of a boiler while it is under pressure. The Board
24may, in its discretion, permit longer periods between
25certificate inspection.
26    The inspections herein required shall be made by the Chief
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1Inspector, a Deputy Inspector, or a Special Inspector provided
2for in this Act.
3    (b) If at any time a test is deemed necessary for a stated
4cause by the inspector, the owner or user shall perform a test
5acceptable to the inspector in the presence of and under the
6direction of the inspector.
7    (c) All boilers and pressure vessels, except those
8otherwise exempted by the Board, shall be inspected during
9construction, as required by the applicable rules and
10regulations of the Board, by an inspector authorized to
11inspect boilers and pressure vessels in this State or, if
12constructed outside of the State, by an inspector holding a
13Certificate from the National Board of Boiler and Pressure
14Vessel Inspectors or a Certificate of Competency as an
15inspector of boilers and pressure vessels for a jurisdiction
16that has a standard of examination substantially equal to that
17of this State as provided in Section 9.
18(Source: P.A. 94-748, eff. 5-8-06.)