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SENATE BILL 147
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(PRE–FILED)
By: Senator Simonaire
Requested: May 23, 2024
Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 2, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
State Board of Stationary Engineers – Member Appointments – Advice and 2
Consent of the Senate 3
FOR the purpose of providing that the Governor appoint members of the State Board of 4
Stationary Engineers with the advice and consent of the Senate; and generally 5
relating to the State Board of Stationary Engineers. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
Article – Business Occupations and Professions 8
Section 6.5–201 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Business Occupations and Professions 13
Section 6.5–202(a) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Business Occupations and Professions 19
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6.5–201. 1
There is a State Board of Stationary Engineers in the Department. 2
6.5–202. 3
(a) (1) The Board consists of eight members appointed by the Governor with 4
the advice of the Secretary and THE ADVICE AND CONSE NT OF the Senate. 5
(2) Of the eight members of the Board: 6
(i) three shall be stationary engineers; 7
(ii) one shall be a representative from the boiler manufacture and 8
design industry; 9
(iii) one shall be a boiler owner; 10
(iv) two shall be consumer members; and 11
(v) one shall be the Chief Boiler Inspector of the State, or the Chief 12
Boiler Inspector’s designee, who shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Board. 13
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 14
October 1, 2025. 15
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.