By: Creighton S.B. No. 1185
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection
requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and
autoclaves.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 755.022(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) boilers owned or operated by the federal
government;
(2) pressure vessels or process steam generators,
other than steam collection or liberation drums of process steam
generators;
(3) manually fired miniature boilers that:
(A) are constructed or maintained for
locomotives, boats, tractors, or stationary engines only as a hobby
for exhibition, recreation, education, or historical purposes and
not for commercial use;
(B) have an inside diameter of 12 inches or less
or a grate area of two square feet or less; and
(C) are equipped with a safety valve of adequate
size, a water level indicator, and a pressure gauge;
(4) boilers that are designed for operation only at
atmospheric pressure and that are equipped with two independent
means to prevent the buildup of pressure;
(5) steam cookers; [or]
(6) espresso machines;
(7) boilers that are a component of a medical device
regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are
of a size that does not exceed:
(A) an inside shell diameter of 16 inches;
(B) 20 square feet of heating surface, unless the
boiler is electric;
(C) five cubic feet of gross volume, excluding
the casing and insulation; and
(D) an allowable working pressure of 100 pounds
per square inch gauge; or
(8) unfired pressure vessels in an autoclave.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.