NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 591

SENATE BILL 600

 

 

AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PRESSURE VESSELS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS OF THE "UNIFORM BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL ACT" WHEN THE OWNER TRANSFERS THE VESSEL FROM ITS FACILITY OUT OF STATE TO ITS FACILITY WITHIN THIS STATE AND INSTALLS IT PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 1981.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 95-69.10, as it appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume 2C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is amended by adding a new subsection (d) to read:

"(d)      The construction requirements established by the Department of Labor shall not apply to pressure vessels installed in this State prior to December 31, 1981, that:

(1)        are of one-piece, forged construction and have no weldments;

(2)        are constructed before January 1, 1981, and operating or could be operated, under the laws of any state that has adopted one or more sections of the ASME Code;

(3)        are transferred into this State without a change of ownership; and

(4)        are determined by the director to be constructed under standards substantially equivalent to those established by the department at the time of transfer; provided that they are equipped with ASME Code and National Board certified safety relief valves."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1981.