45-23-7 - Advisory committee.
§ 45-23-7. Advisory committee.
(1) There is hereby created within the state of Mississippi a technical advisory committee of boiler and pressure vessel safety (hereinafter advisory committee). It shall be the purpose of this committee: (a) to recommend the adoption of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as the basis for judging the safe condition of boilers and pressure vessels, (b) to recommend the qualifications of inspectors who will certify as to the safe condition of boilers and pressure vessels, and (c) to recommend the inspection of boilers and pressure vessels as necessary to insure that all such boilers and pressure vessels manufactured and/or used in this state are safe for use.
(2) The technical advisory committee of boiler and pressure vessel safety shall consist of seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate: one (1) for a term of one (1) year, two (2) for a term of two (2) years, two (2) for a term of three (3) years, and two (2) for a term of four (4) years. At the expiration of their respective terms of office, they, or their successors who shall be identifiable with the same interests respectively as hereinafter provided, shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years each. Upon the death or incapacity of any member, the governor shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term with a representative of the same interests with which his predecessor was identified.
Of these seven (7) appointed members, the majority of whom shall be registered professional engineers in the state of Mississippi: one (1) shall be a representative of owners and users of power boilers having experience with such boilers, one (1) shall be a representative of owners and users of heating boilers having experience with such boilers, one (1) shall be a representative of engineering and architectural firms having experience with the design and installation inspection of boilers and/or pressure vessels, one (1) shall be a representative of owners and users of pressure vessels having experience with such vessels, one (1) shall be a representative of boiler or pressure vessel manufacturers who have manufacturing facilities in this state, one (1) shall be a representative of a company licensed to insure and insuring in this state boilers and pressure vessels, and one (1) shall be a mechanical engineer on the faculty of a recognized engineering college within the state.
(3) The advisory committee shall elect one (1) of its members to serve as chairman, and at the call of the chairman the committee shall meet at least four (4) times each year at Jackson or such other place within the state of Mississippi designated by the committee. No recommended action of the committee shall be effective unless adopted by the vote of at least four (4) members thereof.
(4) The members of the advisory committee shall serve without salary, but shall be entitled to receive a per diem as is authorized under Section 25-3-69 and their actual expenses incurred while in the performance of their duties as members of the committee.
Sources: Laws, 1974, ch. 500, § 3; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 43, eff from and after July 1, 1983.