§ 9-4-109 — Fees for boiler and pressure vessel inspection certificates

(1) (a)
(I) There shall be paid for the issuance of a certificate of boiler or pressure vessel
inspection of each individual boiler or pressure vessel, regardless of how it is joined
or connected, according to this article by the owner or user of said boiler or
pressure vessel, such fees as shall be established by the director of the division of
oil and public safety by rule; except that such fees shall not exceed the amount
necessary to accumulate and maintain in the boiler inspection fund a reserve
sufficient to defray the division's administrative expenses for a period of two
months, and in no event shall the basic fee for an annual inspection exceed one
hundred fifty dollars for an internal inspection or eighty-five dollars for an external
inspection. The basic fee for a biennial or triennial inspection shall not exceed
eighty-five dollars. The division shall not charge for an inspection other than to
assess the fees established pursuant to this subsection (1). Any fees established
pursuant to subparagraphs (III) to (V) of this paragraph (a) or pursuant to paragraph
(b) of this subsection (1) shall be in addition to the basic fee.

(II) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2001, p. 529, � 1, effective July 1, 2001.)

(III) In addition to the basic fee established in subparagraph (I) of this
paragraph (a), the division may assess a reinspection fee for any boiler condemned
pursuant to section 9-4-105 (3). The reinspection fee shall be assessed and
collected for each reinspection until the repairs are deemed satisfactory in
accordance with section 9-4-105 (3).

(IV) In addition to the basic fee established in subparagraph (I) of this
paragraph (a), the division may assess a disconnection inspection fee.

(V) In addition to the basic inspection fee established in subparagraph (I) of
this paragraph (a), the division shall assess a certificate of boiler operation issuance
fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars per certificate.

(b) There shall be paid, for the services provided by the national board of
boiler and pressure vessel commissioned inspectors, fees as provided in the
following schedule:

(I) Secondhand boiler or equipment at the request of the owner for
certificate $30.00 plus expenses

(II) National board shop inspection or A.S.M.E. quality control survey

$100.00 1/2 day,

$200.00 full day plus travel and subsistence expense (1/2 day minimum).

(2) The section may prorate the boiler inspection fees. Twenty-five percent
of the inspection fee shall be charged for a period up to and including twenty-five
percent of the certificate term. Fifty percent of the inspection fee shall be charged
for periods up to and including fifty percent of the certificate term. Seventy-five
percent of the inspection fee shall be charged for periods up to and including
seventy-five percent of the certificate term. The full fee shall be charged for
periods exceeding seventy-five percent of the certificate term.

(2.5) Repealed.

(3) All boiler or pressure vessel inspection certificate fees shall be paid
within thirty days from the date of inspection to the department of labor and
employment. Upon failure to pay the department of labor and employment, the
chief boiler inspector shall issue an order to the owner or user to cease and desist
the use or operation or allowing the use or operation of the boiler or pressure vessel
until permission to resume use of such equipment is granted by the director.

(4) All fees collected by the department of labor and employment under the
provisions of this article shall be used to defray the salaries and operating
expenses incurred in the administration of this article and shall be appropriated for
such purposes by the general assembly. Such moneys shall be transferred to the
state treasurer, who shall deposit the same to the credit of the boiler inspection
fund, which fund is hereby created.

(5) If any person who is required to pay a fee pursuant to subsection (1) of
this section fails or refuses to remit such fee, the department of labor and
employment shall proceed at once to collect the fee by employing such legal
processes as may be necessary for that purpose.

(6) The state treasurer shall invest any portion of the boiler inspection fund
which is not needed for immediate use. All interest earned upon such invested
portion shall be credited to the fund and used for the same purposes and in the
same manner as other moneys in the fund. Such moneys may be invested in the
types of investments authorized in sections 24-36-109, 24-36-112, and 24-36-113,
C.R.S.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 273, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 17-3-9. L. 76: R&RE, p. 363, � 4, effective July 1. L. 83: (1)(a)(I), (1)(a)(II), (1)(b)(I), and (1)(b)(II) amended and (4), (5), and (6) added, p. 445, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: (2.5) added, p. 548, � 1, effective May 28. L. 92: (1)(a), (2.5), (3), (4), and (5) amended, p. 1814, � 1, effective March 20. L. 97: (2.5) repealed, p. 1477, � 19, effective June 3. L. 2000: (1)(a) amended, p. 164, � 3, effective March 17. L. 2001: (1)(a)(I) amended, p. 1136, � 62, effective June 5; (1)(a)(I) and (1)(a)(II) amended and (1)(a)(V) added, p. 529, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1)(a)(I) amended, p. 985, � 3, effective May 21. L. 2011: (2) amended, (HB 11-1050), ch. 8, p. 17, � 5, effective August 10.