Sec. 29-238. (Formerly Sec. 19-435). Operating certificate. Fee. Inspection. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 29-238. (Formerly Sec. 19-435). Operating certificate. Fee. Inspection. The owner or user of a boiler required by this chapter to be inspected by the Commissioner of Public Safety, state boiler inspectors or special inspectors shall pay to the commissioner the sum of forty dollars for each operating certificate issued. No fee shall be required of the state or any agency of the state. All fees collected by the commissioner under authority of this chapter shall be transferred by the commissioner to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund. If the report of inspection by the Department of Public Safety inspector or special inspector indicates that any boiler meets the requirements of this chapter and the boiler regulations, an operating certificate shall be issued by the commissioner to the owner or user. Such certificate shall state the pressure and other conditions under which such boiler may be lawfully operated. An operating certificate shall be valid for a period of not more than twelve months from the date of internal inspection, in the case of power boilers inspected pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 29-237, except that the certificate shall be valid for a period of not more than two months beyond the period set by the Commissioner of Public Safety in accordance with section 29-237. An operating certificate shall be valid for a period of not more than eighteen months from the date of internal inspection in the case of power boilers inspected pursuant to subdivision (2) of section 29-237. Operating certificates shall be valid for twenty-four months in the case of low pressure steam or vapor heating boilers, hot water heating boilers, hot water supply boilers and hot water heaters approved by a nationally recognized testing agency. If a boiler inspected by a state boiler inspector or special inspector commissioned by said commissioner is found to conform with the requirements of this chapter and the boiler regulations, an operating certificate shall be issued by said commissioner to the owner or user upon the receipt of the insuring company's report or the state boiler inspector's report. Said commissioner may order reinspection if reasonable doubt exists regarding any inspection. Such certificate shall state the pressure and other conditions under which such boiler may be lawfully operated and shall be valid not more than the period indicated in this section and shall be renewed each year in the case of power boilers inspected pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 29-237, every eighteen months in the case of power boilers inspected pursuant to subdivision (2) of section 29-237, and biennially in the case of hot water heating or hot water supply boilers and hot water heaters. An operating certificate shall be immediately invalid if the boiler is relocated or altered, unless such relocation or alteration has been approved in accordance with this chapter or the boiler code and regulations. No boiler shall be operated unless a valid operating certificate is displayed under glass in a conspicuous place in the room in which such boiler is located. If the boiler is not located within the building, the certificate shall be posted in a location convenient to the boiler inspected. In the case of a portable boiler such certificate shall be kept in a metal container to be fastened to the boiler or kept in a tool box accompanying the boiler.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4741, 4744; 1953, S. 2371d; 1961, P.A. 408; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 21; P.A. 73-574, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 508, 610; P.A. 80-297, S. 9, 20; P.A. 86-83, S. 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 64, 117; P.A. 99-138, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 149.)

      History: 1961 act added distinctions re inspection fees for power boilers and low heating power boilers, changing amounts of and limitations on these fees, provided for additional fees rather than fee not exceeding $5 for hydrostatic tests, exempted state or state agency from fees, changed requirements re period of validity for operating certificates, raised fee for boiler inspected by special inspector from $1 to $2 and added provisions re certificates where boiler is located without the building and for portable boilers; 1963 act provided in Subdiv. (a) that fee applies to boilers of "at least" rather than "over" 4,000 and 10,000 square feet of heating surface; P.A. 73-574 raised fees in Subdiv. (a) for internal inspection from $5 to $6, from $12 to $15, from $15 to $20 and from $20 to $25 for ordered classes and for external inspection from $3 to $5 and from $5 to $8 for ordered classes, in Subdiv. (b) for boilers without manhole from $5 to $8, for boilers with manhole from $10 to $12 and for hot water supply boilers from $3 to $5 and in Subdiv. (c) for certificates issued upon inspection by special inspector from $2 to $5; P.A. 77-614 replaced labor commissioner and department with commissioner and department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-297 increased fees in Subdiv. (a) for internal inspection to $12, $25, $30 and $40 from previous respective amounts, imposing a new $20 fee for new class of boilers over 50 but less than 1,000 square feet and making $25 fee applicable to boilers over 1,000 and less than 4,000 square feet, and for external inspection raised fees to $10 and $15 from previous respective amounts, in Subdiv. (b) to $12, $16 and $8 from previous respective amounts and in Subdiv. (c) to $10; Sec. 19-435 transferred to Sec. 29-238 in 1983; P.A. 86-83 increased all boiler inspection fees, increased the fee for the issuance of an operating certificate from $10 to $15 and added references to hot water heaters; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 increased various inspection fees and made technical changes; P.A. 99-138 added provisions in Subdiv. (3) re operating certificates for boilers that operate with internal water treatment under the supervision of an engineer and made provisions gender neutral; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 replaced schedule of fees in former Subdivs. (1) to (3) with a fee of $40 for each certificate, added references to state boiler inspector and special inspector, and deleted provision exempting certain owners from inspection fees and charging them $20 for a certificate, effective July 1, 2007.