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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Bursao cU Statlrtioe Tou8
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stated qurrtio
ion was apjuwml, thir rpeotlon rrporta 088 iroo the insurpno~ 6 the boilerr whloh e ‘&at a Booard l dr rir o of this dopaitmnt to know vd them inrpeotionr an&mako a8 we feel ~111 be unlar- l o c o pt tnruraaae Xn8peoterr n States’ bollem. #x’fln lieu erlating oiroumtanoer we to the mttsr
rhall ppreaibto your adrime relative nontioned above.”
X0 our oplalon Ho, O-e36S, reiwred aborr, two puytionr mr8 grwentrd for out oonridorationj QWStiOB8
: . ‘762 Bureau Labor StatiStiOS, Page g
a5 presented read as iOiiOW8:
To. 1. Carr the Board of Control legally con- tract for ineuranoe for a three year contrsot?
"Ho. 3. CM the various State iBStitUtiOn8 and agenolre pay in advanao, ?xvA ourrant apprO- pTiatiOA8, iOr the prIdU;P On 90110108 OB iu8UraAOr ooveriag a three year contraot?*
These ~U6StiOllS mro MSWerad in the nagatlve*
YOU forthOr inioru US that a number of the bOI18rS under the jurlsdiotlon of the Soard of contxol are now in- by v-IOU8 Insuranoa OlWl~aKli~S. This beFng true, aurrd every iA8uraAoe company i~eU&Ag boiler8 in this State, after inepeoting sag steam bo;ler, file a duplioato Shall TrpOTt Of iAO&WOtiOA with thr ~Ollld8SiOA8T, ae ~ovldrcl by ii0~8e Bill No. 419, Aate of the 46th Logislaturs, paga 433, Volune 1, tinoral hU8 of Texas. house Bill Ho, 419, Bupra, reads IA part a8 fOllOW8l
Veo. 5. zv@ry 1ASUlXACO OO.lQk3ny IASUrIAg boilers in this state shall, within thirty (30) day8 after IASQeOtiAg aAy 8teti boiler, ii10 a duplicate report of such inapeotion with tha
Commiesioner Showing the date of ewh IA8peOtiOA togetMr with the AaJlS Of the person asking SUOh lus~ection, aAd 8uoh Shall Show irtlly th6 oonditlon and looatlon of suoh boiler at the time Suoh iAapeotiOA waa .mde. Suah roporta will also State when policy of insuranae was IMAled by the insurance oompong on salcl holler and the date of axplration of ruch polloy of Insurance. The owner or uoer of every boiler lnepected by an iA8~~OtOT for aA inSUrMO0 oolapanp authorlsed to do bu8IAe88 in this State on whioh suoh iAsul%AOe ~08pa~y has issucld a polioy of ~ASW~AO~ after
inspotion thereof, shall br exempt imll other ill8~4OtiOA8 and iAPpeOtiOA fee8 WldW tb PrO- vIaIon of this aot; provided nothing IA thla SeatiOn shall prevent the oomAIssioAer from thorlzlng the IAspeotIoA of any lneuranoe boiler at any reaeonable tfme when, in the OpiBion the ConmIesIoner, auoh iA8UTd boiler my bo In a~ uneafo OOAditiOA, provided the ~OaLaiaIIioABr contaot Insurance OompiAy oarrylng suoh within twenty (90) days, for nhIbh' Inspection *3 Buroao or 8tatiStiO8, Pag, a
,110 additionaS OhOr shall br madr as 8Ot forth in 18 a? this Aot. The COM~SS~OBU 18 Brrtioa thorimd and has authority to i88or a orrtI?IOato o? opOratlon to the om8r or uau a? all boilrrr rubJaot to inrpeotion UBdor this Aot, the Owner or u8or a? any lmurrd boilrr 0haU pay th0 sum o? on0 dollar ($1.00) for raoh oartltloato a? opua- tioo IrrAod, and the owner or Y8u OS the State ierpeotad bOilOT &all pay a like 8~3 of oAa dollar ($1.00) fo r l aoh oortlfioatm of opuation i88ued, whioh said ?eo shall ba and abaorbrd by the ln- torn81 md *XtUBti iASp.OtiOA ?OO l uthorircrd in BOOtiOn lt O? this AOt. m.Ty blSWalle0 OOLR9M7 noti?J thm Conurisrioner in writing at the 00naOllatIon or Oxpiratlon of l rrrr polioy or in- SUTSBOO i88uod by it re?8reBor to boilrra,in this State, within twnty (20) days aftor ox- piration or oanorllation a? raid polloy, giving th8 oaP80 or rraaon ?or ruoh oanpollation or l x- I ’ Such notlow of oaaoollatlon or explra- piration.
tiOA shall Show the date O? tha QOliO), aAd tbr date whan the oaAo~llatlon or expiration has or will beooma tieotivr . *
We do not think that our opinion No. 0-838S, above referred to hra enr Application to the que8tion undrr OOA- SidWAtiOA.
I? thr above mmtloned bOilOr ar8 AOW iB8Ur.d by 8om ~ASUTMOO oompaay duly authorlmd d0 bUSiB@Sa in this State, th.A undu ~OVISIOAS fiOU8e Bill 419, upra, the said aoapany is required to ii10 the in8peotort8 of 8uOh In8poOtion with the cOolaiA8iOA8T, within thr timr The above mntionrd aot further c and mannu as aborr 8.t out, pmvid.8 that “the owner and mar 0r every boiler in8prOt.d by an Inapootor tar an IASUTMO~ oowany authorixed to do in thi8 state on whioh iA8uTaAOr OOmpIUly has bUSiM88 a polioy Of ~BSUTMO~ &tOT itX8QOOtiOB thOrOO?, shall i88wd b8 .buaQt ?tOa othor iASpeOtiOA8 aA6 iBSpW3tiOB ia08 undu prorialona of thir Aat.*
Howorm, i8 further providsd that nothing in above iarAt lOBOd aot shall prsvont the CO5dSSiOBO~ rrolp authorizing the in8pootion o? any iA8UTOd boilrr at any reaaonablr tiao when in the Opinion O? the COMliSSiOBeT, SUOh iorcur8d boiler mpy br iA aA UASA?. WBditiOB, provided Comai88lonu 8hall contaot the inruranor oompony oarryiB6 muoh inrurancs ati tb iB8pOotor deputy inrprotor Shall *4 BUX’OaU Of hbOr 3tathtiO8, -68 bo no additional oherg8 8hall mdr, in898OtiOn
for whiOh jointly inrpeat the togather bqllor rlthln dayr, twenty 8Ot rorth ill s8OtfOll 1.8 &Ii80 Bill 4l.9 supra. In rirr th8 fbrrg0ing you sfa r88pootrully
advi88d that it t& oQitiOn Or thl8 Dopartsnt that tb Bureau Of Labor st8ti8ttO8 0-t di8r8erd tb in8UranO8 oompany ili8Q8OtiOn8 ad nako stat0 itl8pOOtiOE Oi bOil8t8 whloh oom und8r JUi8itiOtiOll or the State Boar6 or Con- trol Wh8r. 8UOh boiler8 8M in8ur.d by an iMlW@IIO8 OOSQaIly authori88d to do bo8in888 in thir 8tat8, Upon whloh, 8uOh a polioy 0r iJI8tlranO8, hl8UranOO oo.apany ha8 irOU8d 88id bOilOr i8 in8~OtOd by Ut in8Q*OtOr rOr 8aid h8UrtiW EOwW8r,~wh8LL ifi the OpiniOn Of thn cOti88iOn8r, company. such in8urrd boiler may bo in an un8arr oonditfon, Coa fnriarod bollor iai88ionor sapal authoriza inrpootion of any th# prOvi8iOn8 at any r8a8OnablO tima in oomplianoo hU8o Bill 419, 8Upra. rorsgoing rully 8n8wor8 your Trurting inquiry, wo aro
Tour8 very truly ATTOR.UZY OBBISUL OY ?EX;\S Ardell William8 A88i8tant APFROVEDSEP 30, 1940
;TTORNEY GENERAL OF&TEXAS
