O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 25-15-25 (2019)

Reinspections and fees; waiver of penalties and interest

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) Boilers and pressure vessels, subject to operating certificate inspections by special, 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 civil penalty of $500.00 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, or owner or user, inspectors shall be paid within 60 calendar days of completion of such 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 Commissioner.

(c) The Commissioner may waive the collection of the penalties and interest assessed as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section when it is reasonably determined that the delays in inspection or payment were unavoidable or due to the action or inaction of the office.

History

Code 1981, § 34-11-15.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 258, § 3; Code 1981, § 25-1525, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1144, § 2/SB 446. Administrative rules and regulations. Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspection

Requirements, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Safety Fire Commissioner, Rules and Regulations for Boilers and Pressure Valves, Rule 120-3-26-.08.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Penalty assessed against entity employing own inspectors. - Entity requesting authorization from the commis-

sioner to employ its own inspectors is responsible for ensuring that inspections pursuant to former O.C.G.A. § 34-11-

15.1(a) (redesignated as O.C.G.A. § 2515-25(a)) are timely performed, and such entity should be assessed the civil penalty

when inspections are not timely performed. 1991 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 91-17.