(a) Boilers and pressure vessels subject to operating certificate inspections by special inspectors, or owner or user inspectors, shall be inspected within 60 calendar days following the required reinspection date. Inspections not performed within this 60 calendar day period shall result in a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for each boiler or pressure vessel not inspected.
(b)(1) Inspection fees due on boiler and pressure vessels subject to inspection by the chief or deputy inspectors or operating certificate fees due from inspections performed by special inspectors, or owner or user inspectors, shall be paid within 60 calendar days of completion of the inspections.
(2) Inspection fees or operating certificate fees unpaid within 60 calendar days shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month or any fraction of a month. Interest shall continue to accrue until all amounts due, including interest, are received by the secretary.
(c) The secretary may waive the collection of the penalties and interest assessed as provided in subsections (a) and (b) when it is reasonably determined that the delays in inspection or payment were unavoidable or due to the action or inaction of the department.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.
Chapter 12 - The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act.
Section 25-12-1 - Short Title.
Section 25-12-2 - Definitions.
Section 25-12-3 - Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels.
Section 25-12-4 - Rules and Regulations.
Section 25-12-5 - Installation and Operation to Conform With Rules and Regulations.
Section 25-12-6 - Maximum Allowable Working Pressure.
Section 25-12-8 - Chief Inspector.
Section 25-12-9 - Deputy Inspectors.
Section 25-12-10 - Special Inspectors.
Section 25-12-11 - Examination of Inspectors.
Section 25-12-12 - Certificate of Competency - Suspension, Hearing, Reinstatement.
Section 25-12-13 - Certificate of Competency - Replacement Upon Loss or Destruction.
Section 25-12-14 - Certificate Inspection.
Section 25-12-15 - Inspection Report; Maintenance of Records; Inspection Certificate.
Section 25-12-16 - Reinspection; Payment of Fees.
Section 25-12-17 - Operation Without Valid Inspection Certificate.
Section 25-12-18 - Disposition of Fees.
Section 25-12-20 - Appeal and Review.