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Mississippi Statutes, Title 45

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Title 45, Public Safety and Good Order

35 chapters · 439 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 45439 Ch 11, Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Pr…50 Ch 1, Department of Public Safety36 Ch 14, Radiation Protection Program31 Ch 3, Highway Safety Patrol30 Ch 23, Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety30 Ch 33, Registration of Sex Offenders28 Ch 9, Weapons20 Ch 35, Identification Cards and Digital Wallet19 Ch 45, Mississippi Conveyance Safety Act19 Ch 43, William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act16 Ch 27, Mississippi Justice Information Center14 Ch 6, Law Enforcement Officers Training Pr…13 Ch 13, Fireworks and Explosives13 Ch 7, County Patrol Officers12

30 sections·Filtered byTitle 45✕Ch 23✕

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-1 Title
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This chapter shall be cited as the “Mississippi Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Law of 1974.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-11 Prohibition against nonconforming installation or operation; special permit
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No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state after twelve (12) months from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this cha…
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-13 Maximum allowable pressure
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(1) The maximum allowable pressure of a boiler carrying the ASME code symbol or of a pressure vessel carrying the ASME or API-ASME code symbol shall be determined by the applicable sections of the code under which it was constructed and stamped. (2) The maximum allowable pressure…
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-15 Exemptions
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(1) This chapter shall not apply to the following boilers and pressure vessels:(a) Boilers and pressure vessels located on United States Government property and/or under federal government control and pipelines, including compressors and related facilities, which are subject to i…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-17 Chief inspector; qualifications

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The board shall employ a chief inspector who shall be a citizen of this state, or if no suitable person is available a citizen of another state, who shall have had at the time of such appointment not less than ten (10) years experience in the construction, installation, inspectio…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-19 Chief inspector; duties and powers

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(a) The chief inspector, if authorized by the board, is hereby charged, directed and empowered:(a) to take action necessary for the enforcement of the laws of the State of Mississippi governing the use of boilers and pressure vessels to which this chapter applies and of the rules…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-21 Deputy inspectors; inspection service; special inspectors

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(a) The board:(a) may employ deputy inspectors who shall be responsible to the chief inspector and who shall have had at the time of appointment not less than five (5) years experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance or repair of high pressur…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-23 Examination for inspectors

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(1) The examination for chief, deputy or special inspector shall be in writing and shall be by the merit system of the board under the rules of procedure during the examination. Application for examination shall be in writing on forms provided by the board and shall be accompanie…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-25 Suspension or revocation of inspector’s license

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(1) An inspector’s license may be suspended by the chief inspector, after due investigation and approval by the board, for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder thereof or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in his application or in a repo…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-27 Replacement of lost or destroyed license

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If a license is lost or destroyed, a new license shall be issued in its place without another examination.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-29 Inspectors’ bonds

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The chief inspector shall furnish a bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and each of the deputy inspectors employed and paid by the state shall furnish a bond in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of their dutie…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-3 Application

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This chapter, except as otherwise herein provided, shall apply to all boilers and pressure vessels operating or intended for operation in the State of Mississippi or its territories.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-31 Access to premises

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Any duly authorized representative of the board shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to any premises in the state where a boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed for use in, or is being installed in, this state for the purpose of ascertaining whether such boile…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-33 Inspection requirements

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(a) On and after the effective date of the rules and regulations first promulgated by the board, each boiler and pressure vessel used or proposed to be used within this state, except boilers or pressure vessels exempt under Section 45-23-15, shall be thoroughly inspected as to th…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-35 Who may make required inspections

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The inspections herein required shall be made by the chief inspector, by a deputy inspector, or by a special inspector provided for in this chapter.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-37 Hydrostatic tests

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If the inspector can show due cause that a hydrostatic test is necessary it shall be made by the owner or user of the boiler or pressure vessel, at the owner’s or user’s expense.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-39 Inspection during construction

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All boilers, other than cast iron sectional boilers, and pressure vessels to be installed in this state after the twelve (12) month period from the date upon which the rules and regulations of the board shall become effective, shall be inspected during construction as required by…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-41 Procedure in general by companies employing special inspectors; exemption

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Each company employing special inspectors, except a company operating boilers and/or pressure vessels covered by owner or user inspection service meeting the requirements of Section 45-23-21(b) shall, within thirty (30) days following each certificate inspection made by such insp…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-43 Procedure by companies covered by owner or user inspection service meeting statutory requirements

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Each company operating boilers and/or pressure vessels covered by owner or user inspection service meeting the requirements of Section 45-23-21(b) shall maintain in its files an inspection record which shall list, by number and such abbreviated description as may be necessary for…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-45 Statement by company covered by owner or user inspection service; filing fee

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(a) Each such company shall, in addition, file annually with the board a statement, signed by the engineer having supervision over the inspections made during the period covered thereby, stating the number of vessels covered by this chapter inspected during the year and certifyin…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-47 Invalidation of inspection certificate upon termination of insurance

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No inspection certificate issued for an insured boiler or pressure vessel based upon a report of a special inspector shall be valid after the boiler or pressure vessel for which it was issued shall cease to be insured by a company duly authorized by this state to provide such ins…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-49 Suspension of inspection certificate

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The board or its authorized representative may at any time suspend an inspection certificate when, upon a showing of due cause, the boiler or pressure vessel for which it was issued cannot be operated without menace to the public safety, or when the boiler or pressure vessel is f…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-5 Definitions

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(1) The words, terms and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein unless the context requires otherwise:(1) “Boiler” shall mean a closed vessel in which water is heated, steam or high temperature liquid is generated, steam is superheated, …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-51 Violations; penalties

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After twelve (12) months following the date of issuance of the rules and regulations by the board, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to operate in this state or its territories a boiler or pressure vessel, except a boiler and/or pressure vessel…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-53 Fees where inspection made by chief inspector or his deputy

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(a) The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel required by this chapter to be inspected by the chief inspector, of his deputy inspector, shall pay directly to the board, upon completion of inspection, fees as specified by the board in the rules and regulations.(a) Fee sched…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-55 Boiler and pressure vessel safety fund

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There is hereby created a special fund in the state treasury to be known as the boiler and pressure vessel safety fund into which shall be deposited all funds appropriated by the legislature for the implementation of this chapter, and funds from fees, fines and any other source t…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-57 Appeal to board

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Any person aggrieved by an order or an act of the board or the chief inspector under this chapter may, within fifteen (15) days’ notice thereof, appeal from such order or act to the board which shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, issue an appropriate order either approving…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-59 Review of board action

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Within thirty (30) days after any order or act of the board, any person aggrieved thereby may file a petition in the circuit court of the county of the aggrieved for a review thereof. The court shall summarily hear the petition and may make any appropriate order.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-61 Legislative power of city, town, or other governmental subdivision

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No city, town or other governmental subdivision shall have the power to make any laws, ordinances or resolutions providing for the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance or repair of boilers and pressure vessels within the limits of such city, town or gove…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-9 Rules and regulations

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(1) The State Board of Health (hereinafter board) shall adopt definitions, rules and regulations for the safe construction, installation, inspection, care and good practice in the operation, maintenance and repair of boilers and pressure vessels.(a) The definitions, rules and reg…