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236.990 Penalties.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate
in this state a boiler or pressure vessel without a valid certificate of inspection.
The operation of a boiler or pressure vessel without a valid certificate, or at a
pressure exceeding that specified in an inspection certificate, shall constitute a
Class B misdemeanor on the part of the owner, user, or operator. Each day of
unlawful operation shall constitute a separate offense.
Any person who violates the provisions of KRS 236.040(1); 236.080(4);
236.110(1), (4) and (5); 236.210(1); 236.220(1); 236.240(1) and (2);
236.250(1); or any proper order or administrative regulation made or
promulgated thereunder; or who hinders or obstructs an authorized inspector in
the performance of his or her duties under this chapter, shall be subject to the
penalties in subsection (1) above.
Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, or any
administrative regulation, emergency order, order of the state fire marshal,
order of an authorized deputy state fire marshal, order of the chief boiler
inspector, or order of any authorized boiler inspector, promulgated or made
pursuant to this chapter, shall be subject to suspension or revocation of any
appointment, commission, certification, registration, license, or permit made or
issued by the department and held by that person, in accordance with the
procedures specified in KRS 236.220, or in lieu of a suspension or revocation,
shall be subject to an administrative fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) and
not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) after notice and hearing by the board
in accordance with KRS 236.220. Each day these violations exist shall, in the
discretion of the board, be considered as a separate violation.
As an aid to enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, or of any
administrative regulation or order relating thereto, the department or chief
boiler inspector may take any administrative action or bring any authorized
legal action designed to prevent or correct any condition constituting or
threatening to constitute a violation of any provision of this chapter.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 19, effective July 12, 2012. -Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 532, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 157, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1980 Ky.
Acts ch. 207, sec. 21 and 22, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts
ch. 89, sec. 13.
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