HLS 15RS-494 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 183
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
COMMERCE: Requests the office of state fire marshal to study the classifications,
commercial implications, and inspection requirements relative to potable water
boilers and other boilers as defined in Title 55, Part 5 of the Louisiana
Administrative Code
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the office of state fire marshal to study and make recommendations with
3 respect to the classifications, commercial implications, and inspection requirements
4 of potable water boilers and other boilers as defined in Title 55, Part 5 of the
5 Louisiana Administrative Code.
6 WHEREAS, LAC 55:V:5003 defines a potable water boiler as "a vessel in which
7water is heated and withdrawn for use external to itself at pressures not exceeding 160 psig
8and temperatures not exceeding 210° F"; and
9 WHEREAS, a potable water boiler as defined in LAC 55:V:5003 includes "hot water
10heaters (fired and electric), supplying potable hot water, 50 gallons and over in capacity; coil
11water heaters and fired jacketed kettles"; and
12 WHEREAS, the inclusion of certain hot water heaters within the definition of potable
13water boiler may have implications on the plumbing industry concerning the licensing
14requirements for the installation and inspection of such a potable water boiler or hot water
15heater; and
16 WHEREAS, the inclusion of certain hot water heaters within the definition of potable
17water boiler may also implicate the consumer's duty to provide inspection for such a
18commercial hot water heater defined by law as a potable water boiler; and
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1 WHEREAS, Title 55, Part 5 of the Louisiana Administrative Code specifies
2requirements for installation and inspection relative to the commercial use of potable water
3boilers, hot water heaters, and other devices defined as boilers; and
4 WHEREAS, LAC 55:V:5007 provides that "upon completion of installation, all
5boilers shall be inspected by an inspector commissioned to inspect boilers in this state"; and
6 WHEREAS, the rules and regulations made applicable to inspectors commissioned
7to inspect boilers in this state are under the purview of the office of state fire marshal, as are
8the provisions of law made applicable to all boilers as defined in Title 55, Part 5 of the
9Louisiana Administrative Code; and
10 WHEREAS, it reasonably follows that the office of state marshal is the appropriate
11agency to study and make recommendations relative to boilers in this state, and the findings
12and recommendations from such a study may help to determine revisions necessary to
13properly govern any potable water boiler, hot water heater, or other device defined as a
14boiler in Title 55, Part 5 of the Louisiana Administrative Code.
15 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
16urge and request the office of state fire marshal to study and make recommendations with
17respect to the classifications, commercial implications, and inspection requirements of
18potable water boilers and other boilers as defined in Title 55, Part 5 of the Louisiana
19Administrative Code.
20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the office of state fire marshal may also evaluate
21consensus standards and may make maintenance recommendations with respect to its
22findings relative to any boiler as defined in Title 55, Part 5 of the Louisiana Administrative
23Code.
24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the office of state fire marshal shall report its
25findings and recommendations to the House Committee on Commerce and Senate
26Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs on or before
27February 15, 2016.
28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Chief
29H. "Butch" Browning and Deputy Chief Brant L. Thompson of the office of state fire
30marshal.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 183 Original 2015 Regular Session Hoffmann
Requests the office of state fire marshal to study the classifications, commercial
implications, and inspection requirements relative to potable water boilers and other boilers
as defined in Title 55, Part 5 of the Louisiana Administrative Code.
Requests a report of its findings and recommendations by Feb. 15, 2016.
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