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2021 SENATE BILL 466
July 21, 2021 - Introduced by Senators TESTIN, FELZKOWSKI, ROTH, COWLES, BEWLEY
and NASS, cosponsored by Representatives VANDERMEER, KRUG, ROZAR,
DITTRICH, EDMING, KNODL, KUGLITSCH, MAGNAFICI, MURSAU, MURPHY, OHNSTAD,
OLDENBURG, SHANKLAND, SNODGRASS, SNYDER, SPIROS, STEFFEN, TAUCHEN,
TITTL and WICHGERS. Referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform.
1 AN ACT to renumber and amend 101.17; and to create 101.17 (2) of the
2 statutes; relating to: inspection requirements for chemical recovery boilers.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Safety and Professional Services has
promulgated rules that impose inspection requirements on boilers. This bill affects
those requirements for chemical recovery boilers. If the owner or user of a chemical
recovery boiler maintains insurance coverage for the boiler and is in good standing
with the insurer that provides the coverage, the bill limits the frequency of periodic
inspections, including internal inspection, that require taking the boiler out of
service. Under the bill, those periodic inspections may be required no more
frequently than once every 24 months. The frequency limit applies to inspections of
the boiler or any of its components.
In addition, the bill imposes a deadline on DSPS to act on applications for
exemptions or extensions with respect to periodic inspections of chemical recovery
boilers. If the owner or user of the boiler applies for an exemption or extension at
least 120 days before the expiration of the inspection period that applies to the boiler,
the bill requires DSPS to take final action on the application at least 90 days before
the expiration of that inspection period.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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SENATE BILL 466 SECTION 1
1 SECTION 1. 101.17 of the statutes is renumbered 101.17 (1) and amended to
2 read:
3 101.17 (1) GENERAL PROHIBITION. No machine, mechanical device, or steam
4 boiler shall be installed or used in this state which does not fully comply with the
5 requirements of the laws of this state enacted for the safety of employees and
6 frequenters in places of employment and public buildings and with the orders of the
7 department adopted and published in conformity with this subchapter. Any person
8 violating this section subsection shall be subject to the forfeitures provided in s.
9 101.02 (12) and (13).
10 SECTION 2. 101.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
11 101.17 (2) CHEMICAL RECOVERY BOILER INSPECTIONS. (a) If the owner or user of
12 a chemical recovery boiler maintains insurance coverage for the boiler and is in good
13 standing with the insurer that provides the coverage, no periodic inspection,
14 including an internal inspection, of the boiler or any of its components that requires
15 taking the boiler out of service may be required more frequently than once every 24
16 months.
17 (b) If the owner or user of a chemical recovery boiler applies to the department
18 for an exemption from a periodic inspection requirement, or an extension of the
19 period between inspections that is required, and the application is made at least 120
20 days before the expiration of the inspection period that applies to the boiler, the
21 department shall take final action on the application at least 90 days before the
22 expiration of that inspection period.
23 (END)